Photocatalysts for solar-induced water disinfection: New developments and opportunities

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 734, Issue , 2013, Pages 63-89

  Wang, Wanjun ^a,b   Yu, Jimmy C ^a   Wong, Po Keung ^b  

^a Energy and Sustainability ^*  (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial materials; Graphene; Photocatalysis; Plasmonic materials; Titanium dioxide; Water disinfection

Indexed keywords

DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; GRAPHENE; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PLASMONICS; PRECIOUS METALS; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VIRUSES;

ANTIMICROBIAL MATERIALS; DISINFECTION PROCESS; NATURALLY OCCURRING; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY; TIO2-BASED PHOTOCATALYSTS; UV AND VISIBLE LIGHT; WATER DISINFECTIONS;

DISINFECTION;

EID: 84873036853     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.734.63     Document Type: Article

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