Photocatalytic degradation of perfluorooctanoic acid with β-Ga 2O 3 in anoxic aqueous solution

Journal of Environmental Sciences

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 774-780

  Zhao, Baoxiu ^a,b   Lv, Mou ^a   Zhou, Li ^a  

^a QINGDAO TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Ga 2O 3; Defluorination; Perfluorooctanoic acid; Photocatalytic degradation; Photoinduced electron

Indexed keywords

ANOXIC AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; DEFLUORINATION; DEGRADATION REACTION; DOMINANT PRODUCT; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; HYDROXYL RADICALS; LC-MS/MS; PERFLUORINATED CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION MECHANISM; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION; PHOTOINDUCED ELECTRONS;

CARBOXYLATION; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHEMICAL BONDS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRONEGATIVITY; FLUORINE; GALLIUM; PHOTODEGRADATION;

SOLUTIONS;

FLUOROCARBON; GALLIUM; GALLIUM OXIDE; OCTANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CATALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHOTODEGRADATION; REACTION KINETICS;

ANAEROBIC GROWTH; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HALOGENATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PH; PHOTOLYSIS; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ANAEROBIOSIS; CATALYSIS; FLUOROCARBONS; GALLIUM; HALOGENATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCTANOIC ACIDS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOLYSIS; SOLUTIONS; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84859860610     PISSN: 10010742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1001-0742(11)60818-8     Document Type: Article

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