Removal of faecal indicator pathogens from waters and wastewaters by photoelectrocatalytic oxidation on TiO2/Ti films under simulated solar radiation

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3782-3790

  Venieri, Danae ^a   Chatzisymeon, Efthalia ^a   Sofianos, Spiridon S ^a   Politi, Eleonora ^a   Xekoukoulotakis, Nikolaos P ^a   Katsaounis, Alexandros ^b   Mantzavinos, Dionissios ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Disinfection; E. coli; E. faecalis; qPCR; TiO2; Voltage

Indexed keywords

TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM; CATALYSIS; DISINFECTION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHOD; ELECTRODE; FECES; FILM; OXIDATION; PATHOGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOLAR RADIATION; TITANIUM; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMICAL SMOG; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SEWAGE; SOLAR ENERGY; WASTE WATER;

DISINFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; OXIDANTS, PHOTOCHEMICAL; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 84867065797     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0768-5     Document Type: Article

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