Preparation and characterization of Pd doped ceria-ZnO nanocomposite catalyst for methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE) photodegradation

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 264, Issue , 2014, Pages 71-78

  Seddigi, Zaki S ^a   Bumajdad, Ali ^b   Ansari, Shahid P ^a   Ahmed, Saleh A ^a   Danish, Ekram Y ^c   Yarkandi, Naeema H ^a   Ahmed, Shakeel ^d  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Binary oxide catalyst; Catalyst; Cerium oxide; MTBE.; Photodegradation; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; CERIUM COMPOUNDS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

BINARY OXIDES; CATALYTIC EFFICIENCIES; CERIUM OXIDES; FIRST ORDER REACTIONS; METHYL TERT BUTYL ETHER; MTBE; NANOCOMPOSITE CATALYST; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES;

LOADING;

CERIA ZINC OXIDE NANOCOMPOSITE; CERIUM OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; PALLADIUM; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE;

CATALYST; ETHER; LEAD; OXIDE; PHOTODEGRADATION; SORPTION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ABSORPTIOMETRY; ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; DESORPTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOREACTIVITY; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BINARY OXIDE CATALYST; CATALYST; CERIUM OXIDE; MTBE.; PHOTODEGRADATION; ZINC OXIDE;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; METHYL ETHERS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NANOCOMPOSITES; NITROGEN; PALLADIUM; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOLYSIS; X-RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84888069005     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.10.070     Document Type: Article

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