Converting hazardous organics into clean energy using a solar responsive dual photoelectrode photocatalytic fuel cell

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 262, Issue , 2013, Pages 304-310

  Li, Jianyong ^a   Li, Jinhua ^a   Chen, Quanpeng ^a   Bai, Jing ^a   Zhou, Baoxue ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Azo dye; Cu2O Nanowire array; Photocatalytic degradation; Photocatalytic fuel cell; TiO2 Nanotube array

Indexed keywords

ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; HAZARDOUS ORGANICS; MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT; NANOTUBE ARRAYS; NANOWIRE ARRAYS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AZO DYES; DYES; NANOWIRES; OPEN CIRCUIT VOLTAGE; PHOTOCATHODES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER TREATMENT;

FUEL CELLS;

ACETIC ACID; AZO DYE; CITRIC ACID; CONGO RED; CUPROUS OXIDE; GLUCOSE; GLUTAMIC ACID; METHYL ORANGE; METHYLENE BLUE; NICOTINIC ACID; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENOL; PHTHALIC ACID; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; DANGEROUS GOODS;

CLEAN DEVELOPMENT MECHANISM; DYE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ELECTRODE; ENERGY RESOURCE; FUEL CELL; IRRADIANCE; PHOTODEGRADATION; RECYCLING; TITANIUM; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; DENSITY; DRIVE; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY PARAMETERS; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRON; ENERGY RESOURCE; EVAPORATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; LIGHT INTENSITY; ORGANIC WASTE; SHORT CIRCUIT CURRENT; SOLAR RADIATION; SOLAR RESPONSIVE DUAL PHOTOELECTRODE PHOTOCATALYTIC FUEL CELL; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; ELECTRODE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR ENERGY;

CATALYSIS; ELECTRODES; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOLAR ENERGY;

EID: 84884262339     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.08.066     Document Type: Article

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