Efficient photodegradation of endocrine-disrupting chemicals with Bi 2O3-ZnO nanorods under a compact fluorescent lamp

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 224, Issue 5, 2013, Pages

  Lam, Sze Mun ^a   Sin, Jin Chung ^a   Abdullah, Ahmad Zuhairi ^a   Mohamed, Abdul Rahman ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bismuth oxide; Endocrine disrupting chemical; Nanocomposite; Photocatalytic; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CHEMICALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENT LAMPS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANORODS; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

BISMUTH OXIDES; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION METHOD; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM;

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS;

BISMUTH TRIOXIDE ZINC OXIDE NANOROD; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; METHYL PARABEN; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOROD; PHENOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BISMUTH; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLUORESCENT LIGHTING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MATERIAL COATING; NANOANALYSIS; NANOFABRICATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84876695260     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-013-1565-6     Document Type: Article

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