Comparative photocatalytic degradation of estrone in water by ZnO and TiO2 under artificial UVA and solar irradiation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 213, Issue , 2012, Pages 150-162

  Han, Jie ^a   Liu, Yangsi ^a   Singhal, Naresh ^a   Wang, Lianzhou ^b   Gao, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Estrone; Photocatalysis; Photocatalytic activity; Titanium dioxide; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATE SIZES; AQUEOUS SOLUBILITY; CHARGE TRANSFER PROCESS; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; EFFECTIVE CHARGE; ELECTRON DONORS; ESTRONE; ESTRONE DEGRADATION; INTRINSIC DEFECTS; MICROPOLLUTANTS; PH ADJUSTMENT; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; POTENTIAL EFFECTS; SOLAR IRRADIATION; TIO; TREATED EFFLUENT; ULTRA-VIOLET; UV ABSORBANCE; UV SOURCES; UVA IRRADIATIONS; WAVELENGTH RANGES; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO); ZNO; ZNO SURFACE;

CHARGE TRANSFER; EFFLUENTS; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; IRRADIATION; OXIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOEXCITATION; REDOX REACTIONS; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SOLAR RADIATION; SURFACE DEFECTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84868249962     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2012.09.066     Document Type: Article

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