Photocatalytic degradation of substituted phenylurea herbicides in aqueous semiconductor suspensions exposed to solar energy

Chemosphere

Volumn 91, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 571-578

  Fenoll, José ^a   Martínez Menchón, Marina ^b   Navarro, Ginés ^b   Vela, Nuria ^c   Navarro, Simón ^b  

^a INSTITUTO MURCIANO DE INVESTIGACIÓN Y DESARROLLO AGRARIO Y ALIMENTARIO IMIDA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Degradation pathways; Phenylurea herbicides (PUHs); Photocatalytic oxidation; Semiconductor materials; Water detoxification

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DETOXIFICATION; HERBICIDES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; METABOLISM; PILOT PLANTS; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLAR ENERGY; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UREA; WEED CONTROL; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

DEGRADATION PATHWAYS; PHENYLUREA HERBICIDES; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; PHOTOCATALYZED DEGRADATION; PSEUDO FIRST-ORDER KINETICS; TRANSFORMATION PRODUCTS; WATER DETOXIFICATIONS;

TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

CARBANILAMIDE; CHLORTOLURON; DIURON; FLUOMETURON; ISOPROTURON; LINURON; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DETOXIFICATION; HERBICIDE; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOPERIOD; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; SEMICONDUCTOR INDUSTRY; SOLAR POWER;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR; SOLAR ENERGY; SUBSTITUTION REACTION; SUNLIGHT;

EID: 84875812279     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.11.067     Document Type: Article

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