Preparation of Cu-doped TiO2 photocatalyst with thermal plasma torch for low-concentration mercury removal

Aerosol and Air Quality Research

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 639-648

  Tsai, Cheng Yen ^a   Hsi, Hsing Cheng ^b   Kuo, Tien Ho ^c   Chang, Yu Min ^b   Liou, Jian Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIPEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c TUNGNAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Hg; Metal doping; Plasma torch; Visible light photocatalyst

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION WAVELENGTHS; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE PLASMAS; CU-DOPED TIO; CU-DOPING; DEGUSSA; HIGH QUALITY; LOW CONCENTRATIONS; MERCURY REMOVAL; METAL-DOPING; RE-EMISSION; SINGLE-STEP PROCESS; THERMAL PLASMA; TIO; TORCH SYSTEM; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSTS; XRD;

COPPER; LIGHT; MERCURY (METAL); PLASMA TORCHES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; CATALYST; COPPER; IRRADIATION; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLASMA; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84874365804     PISSN: 16808584     EISSN: 20711409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4209/aaqr.2012.07.0196     Document Type: Article

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