A comparative study of the photocatalytic efficiency of Degussa P25, Qualigens, and Hombikat UV-100 in the degradation kinetic of congo red dye

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 46, Issue 1-3, 2012, Pages 188-195

  Patil, Suhas R ^a,c,d   Akpan, U G ^c,e   Hameed, B H ^c   Samdarshi, S K ^a,b  

^a NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b TEZPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c SCHOOL OF PHYSICS   (Malaysia)

^d Department of Physics Dr Annasaheb GD Bendale Mahila Mahavidyalaya ^*  (India)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Congo red dye; Dye degradation; Dye removal; Photocatalysis; Photocatalyts

Indexed keywords

EID: 84862127498     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2012.677513     Document Type: Article

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