Kinetic study of 4-nitrophenol photocatalytic degradation over a Zn2+ doped TiO2 catalyst prepared through an environmentally friendly aqueous sol-gel process

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 245, Issue , 2014, Pages 180-190

  Malengreaux, Charline M ^a   Pirard, Sophie L ^a   Bartlett, John R ^b,c   Heinrichs, Benoît ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

Author keywords

4 Nitrophenol; Kinetics; Photocatalysis; TiO2; UV visible light; Zn2+

Indexed keywords

4-NITROPHENOL; AQUEOUS SOL-GEL PROCESS; ILLUMINATION INTENSITY; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; SPECIFIC REACTION RATES; STATISTICAL VALIDATION; TIO; UV-VISIBLE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYSTS; ENZYME KINETICS; KINETIC THEORY; KINETICS; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; STRUCTURAL DESIGN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84896892000     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.01.068     Document Type: Article

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