A sunlight assisted dual purpose photoelectrochemical cell for low voltage removal of heavy metals and organic pollutants in wastewater

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 244, Issue , 2014, Pages 411-421

  Kim, Gwangjun ^a   Igunnu, Ebenezer T ^a   Chen, George Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Electrodeposition; Heavy metals; Organic pollutants; Photo electrochemical catalysis; Sunlight; Tungsten trioxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894048011     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.01.090     Document Type: Article

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