Photocatalytic decomposition of humic acids in anoxic aqueous solutions producing hydrogen, oxygen and light hydrocarbons

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 35, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 2237-2243

  Klauson, Deniss ^a   Budarnaja, Olga ^a   Castellanos Beltran, Ignacio ^b   Krichevskaya, Marina ^a   Preis, Sergei ^c  

^a TALLINN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Estonia)

^b University of Colorado at Boulder   (United States)

^c LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Doped titanium dioxide; Humic substances; Hydrogen generation; Photocatalysis; Template synthesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON MONOXIDE; COBALT; COPPER; ETHYLENE; METHANE; OXIDES; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PLATINUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANOXIC AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; SACRIFICIAL ELECTRON DONORS; TEMPLATE SYNTHESIS;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

CARBON MONOXIDE; ETHANE; ETHYLENE; HUMIC ACID; HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN; LOW MOLECULAR WEIGHT HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; METHANE; OXYGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CARBON MONOXIDE; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRON; HEAVY METAL; HUMIC ACID; HUMIC SUBSTANCE; HYDROCARBON; HYDROGEN; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; OXYGEN;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; DECOMPOSITION; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

BIOFUELS; HUMIC SUBSTANCES; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; TITANIUM; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84900873954     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2014.900116     Document Type: Article

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