The effect of pH on the photonic efficiency of the destruction of methyl orange under controlled periodic illumination with UV-LED sources

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 246, Issue , 2014, Pages 337-342

  Tokode, Oluwatosin ^a   Prabhu, Radhakrishna ^a   Lawton, Linda A ^a   Robertson, Peter K J ^a  

^a ROBERT GORDON UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Methyl orange; Periodic illumination; PH effect; Photonic efficiency; UV LED

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; AZO DYES; EFFICIENCY; LIGHT EMITTING DIODES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ELECTROSTATIC ATTRACTIONS; METHYL ORANGE; METHYL ORANGE DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; PHOTONIC EFFICIENCIES; SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOCATALYSIS; TIO; UV-LED;

PH EFFECTS;

EID: 84896448307     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.03.002     Document Type: Article

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