Utilization of solar energy for photoreduction of industrial wastewater containing hexavalent chromium with zinc oxide semiconductor catalyst

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 51, Issue 28-30, 2013, Pages 5451-5459

  Mitra, Pallavi ^a   Banerjee, Prantik ^a   Chakrabarti, Sampa ^a   Bhattacharjee, Sekhar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALCUTTA   (India)

Author keywords

Hexavalent chromium; Photoreduction; Solar energy; ZnO semiconductor

Indexed keywords

CATALYST; CHROMIUM; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL WASTE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; REACTION KINETICS; REACTION RATE; REDUCTION; SOLAR POWER; TEMPERATURE PROFILE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WASTEWATER; ZINC;

EID: 84882721901     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.770202     Document Type: Article

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