Visible light activated TiO 2/microcrystalline cellulose nanocatalyst to destroy organic contaminants in water

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 113, Issue , 2012, Pages 288-293

  Virkutyte, Jurate ^a   Jegatheesan, Veeriah ^b   Varma, Rajender S ^c  

^a PEGASUS TECHNICAL SERVICES INC   (United States)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Catalytic adsorption; Microcrystalline cellulose; TiO 2; Visible light

Indexed keywords

BET SURFACE AREA; FACTORIAL DESIGN; IN-SITU; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROCRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE; NANO-CATALYST; ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS IN WATER; TIO; UV-VIS-DRS; VISIBLE LIGHT; XRD;

ADSORPTION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOCOMPOSITES;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CELLULOSE; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOCOMPOSITE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CELLULOSE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DYE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM; VISIBLE SPECTRUM; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BLEACHING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FACTORIAL DESIGN; NANOCATALYST; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WATER CONTAMINATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CATALYSIS; CELLULOSE; KINETICS; LIGHT; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOSTRUCTURES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TITANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84860232501     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.12.090     Document Type: Article

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