Optimization and application of TiO2/Ti-Pt photo fuel cell (PFC) to effectively generate electricity and degrade organic pollutants simultaneously

Water Research

Volumn 62, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-10

  Li, Kan ^a   Zhang, Hongbo ^a   Tang, Tiantian ^a   Xu, Yunlan ^b   Ying, Diwen ^a   Wang, Yalin ^a   Jia, Jinping ^a  

^a SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Electricity generation; Photo fuel cell; Photoelectrocatalysis; Pollutants degradation; Textile wastewater

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; ELECTROLYTES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; ROTATING DISKS; TEXTILES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CELL-BE; CELL/B.E; CELL/BE; ELECTRICITY-GENERATION; GENERATE ELECTRICITY; PHOTO FUEL CELL; PHOTO-ELECTROCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTROCATALYSIS; POLLUTANT DEGRADATION; TEXTILE WASTEWATER;

FUEL CELLS;

DISSOLVED OXYGEN; ELECTROLYTE; FUEL; PLATINUM; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXYGEN; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANATASE; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; FUEL CELL; OPTIMIZATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION;

ARTICLE; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRICITY; ENERGY; ENERGY RESOURCE; LIGHT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHOTO FUEL CELL; PHOTOELECTROCATALYTIC REACTOR; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; REACTOR; SALINITY; TEMPERATURE; TEXTILE; WASTE; WASTE WATER; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COLOR; ELECTRODE; IMPEDANCE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION RESPONSE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CATALYSIS; COLOR; ELECTRIC IMPEDANCE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTRODES; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIGHT; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; OXYGEN; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PLATINUM; TEMPERATURE; TEXTILES; TITANIUM; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84902149860     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2014.05.044     Document Type: Article

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