Degradation of paracetamol by advance oxidation processes using modified reticulated vitreous carbon electrodes with TiO2 and CuO/TiO2/Al2O3

Chemosphere

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1195-1201

  Arredondo Valdez, H C ^a   Garcia Jimenez G ^a   Gutierrez Granados S ^a   Ponce de Leon C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Advanced Oxidation Processes (AOPs); Electrocatalysis; Paracetamol; Photocatalysis; Photoelectrocatalysis; Reticulated vitreous carbon

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; COPPER OXIDES; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROLYSIS; ELECTROPHORESIS; GLASSY CARBON; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESS; MODIFIED ELECTRODES; PARACETAMOL; PHOTO-ELECTROCATALYSIS; PSEUDO-FIRST ORDER REACTIONS; RETICULATED VITREOUS CARBON; RETICULATED VITREOUS CARBON ELECTRODES; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

ELECTRODES;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; BENZOQUINONE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; COPPER OXIDE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; PARACETAMOL; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CATALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROKINESIS; HEAT BALANCE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDATION; OXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC CURRENT; ELECTROCATALYSIS; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; ELECTROLYSIS; ENERGY CONSUMPTION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MINERALIZATION; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOELECTROLYSIS; RETICULATED VITREOUS CARBON ELECTRODE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84866433804     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.07.020     Document Type: Article

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