Photoassisted and photocatalytic degradation of sulfur mustard using TiO2 nanoparticles and polyoxometalates

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 907-916

  Naseri, Mohammad Taghi ^a   Sarabadani, Mansour ^a   Ashrafi, Davood ^a   Saeidian, Hamdollah ^b   Babri, Mehran ^a  

^a Defense Chemical Research Lab (DCRL)   (Iran)

^b PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Chemical warfare agents; Decontamination; Photocatalytic degradation; Photolysis; Sulfur mustard

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION; DICOTYLEDON; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS;

EID: 84873099836     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0997-7     Document Type: Article

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