Photocatalytic degradation of chlorophenols under direct solar radiation in the presence of ZnO catalyst

Research on Chemical Intermediates

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1981-1996

  Ba Abbad, Muneer M ^a   Kadhum, Abdul Amir H ^a   Mohamad, Abu Bakar ^a   Takriff, Mohd S ^a   Sopian, Kamaruzzaman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chlorophenols; Photocatalytic degradation; Solar radiation; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CHLOROPHENOLS; DEGRADATION PROCESS; DIRECT SOLAR RADIATION; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; INTERMEDIATE COMPOUND; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION;

CATALYSTS; DEGRADATION; LOADING; PHOTODEGRADATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; ZINC OXIDE;

PHENOLS;

EID: 84876492957     PISSN: 09226168     EISSN: 15685675     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11164-012-0731-6     Document Type: Article

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