TiO2/β-SiC foam-structured photoreactor for continuous wastewater treatment

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 3727-3734

  Kouamé, Natalie Amoin ^a   Robert, Didier ^a,b   Keller, Valérie ^b   Keller, Nicolas ^b   Pham, Charlotte ^c   Nguyen, Patrick ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b Ecole Europeenne de Chimie   (France)

^c SICAT Technical Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

SiC foam; Diuron; Photocatalysis; Photoreactor; TiO2; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; FOAM; HERBICIDE; MINERALIZATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; OXIDE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REACTION RATE; SILICON; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

DIURON; HERBICIDE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; SILICON CARBIDE; SILICON DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEWAGE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

CARBON COMPOUNDS, INORGANIC; DIURON; HERBICIDES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SILICON COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84867073909     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0719-6     Document Type: Article

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