Efficient photocatalytic decomposition of perfluorooctanoic acid by indium oxide and its mechanism

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 5528-5534

  Li, Xiaoyun ^a   Zhang, Pengyi ^a   Jin, Ling ^a   Shao, Tian ^a   Li, Zhenmin ^a   Cao, Junjie ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLATE GROUPS; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE INFRARED FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROSCOPIES; HYDROXYL RADICALS; INDIUM OXIDE; MAGIC ANGLE SPINNING NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; MONODENTATES; ORGANICS; OZONE ADDITION; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PH ADJUSTMENT; PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; PHOTOGENERATED HOLES; TIO; UV IRRADIATION;

CARBOXYLATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MAGIC ANGLE SPINNING; OZONE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

INDIUM;

BICARBONATE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; HYDROXYL RADICAL; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; ORGANIC MATTER; OZONE; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; CATALYSIS; DECOMPOSITION; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC ACID; OXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; FLUORINE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PH; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WASTE WATER;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; CATALYSIS; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FLUORINE; FLUOROCARBONS; INDIUM; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, CHEMICAL; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OCTANOIC ACIDS; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; SPIN LABELS; TIME FACTORS; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84861172628     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es204279u     Document Type: Article

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