Very efficient composite titania membranes in hybrid ultrafiltration/photocatalysis water treatment processes

Journal of Membrane Science

Volumn 392-393, Issue , 2012, Pages 192-203

  Athanasekou, C P ^a   Romanos, G E ^a   Katsaros, F K ^a   Kordatos, K ^b   Likodimos, V ^a   Falaras, P ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Cross filtration; Photocatalysis; UF membranes; Ultra thin TiO 2 layers

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION SITE; CHEMICAL VAPOURS; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTORS; CROSS-FILTRATION; HIGH WATER; LAYER BY LAYER DEPOSITION; MEMBRANE EFFICIENCIES; METHYL ORANGE; NANOPARTICLE GROWTHS; OXIDATIVE TREATMENT; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; REACTION STEPS; TIO; TITANIA MEMBRANES; TITANIUM ISOPROPOXIDE; UF MEMBRANES; ULTRA-THIN; ULTRAFILTRATION MEMBRANES; UV IRRADIATION; WATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

AZO DYES; CHEMISORPTION; COMPOSITE MEMBRANES; DEPOSITION; MEMBRANES; MICROFILTRATION; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHYSISORPTION; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER FILTRATION;

WATER TREATMENT;

AZO DYE; METHYL ORANGE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION KINETICS; ARTICLE; BIOFOULING; CATALYST; CONTINUOUS FLOW REACTOR; DECOMPOSITION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PLUG FLOW REACTOR; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAFILTRATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER PERMEABILITY; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84856090966     PISSN: 03767388     EISSN: 18733123     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2011.12.028     Document Type: Article

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