Synergistic photocatalytic oxidation and adsorption of elemental mercury by carbon modified titanium dioxide nanotubes under visible light LED irradiation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 253, Issue , 2014, Pages 16-23

  Zhuang, Zhuo kai ^a,b   Yang, Zhen mei ^a,b   Zhou, Si yao ^a,b   Wang, Hai qiang ^a,b   Sun, Cheng lang ^a,b   Wu, Zhong biao ^a,b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Zhejiang Provincial Research Center of Clothing Engineering Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Carbon; Elemental mercury; Photocatalytic oxidation; Titanium nanotubes; Visible light LED

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CARBON; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; MERCURY (METAL); NANOTUBES; OXIDATION; SULFUR DIOXIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION CAPABILITY; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; EMPTY BED RETENTION TIME; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOTUBES; VISIBLE LIGHT LED;

LIGHT EMITTING DIODES;

EID: 84901346074     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.05.010     Document Type: Article

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