Immobilization of a Semiconductor Photocatalyst on Solid Supports: Methods, Materials, and Applications

Photocatalysis and Water Purification: From Fundamentals to Recent Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 145-178

  Robert, Didier ^a   Keller, Vaĺerie ^b   Keller, Nicolas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

Author keywords

Immobilization techniques; Monoliths; Optical fibers; Packed bed reactors; Solid foams; Supported photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885488652     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527645404.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

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