Photoelectrocatalysis for Water Purification

Photocatalysis and Water Purification: From Fundamentals to Recent Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 241-270

  Amadelli, Rossano ^a   Samiolo, Luca ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Modified semiconductors; Nanomaterials; Photoelectrocatalysis; Photoelectrodes; Pollutants; Reactors

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885507885     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527645404.ch9     Document Type: Chapter

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