Photocatalytic degradation of phenol and phenol derivatives using a Nano-TiO2 catalyst: Integrating quantitative and qualitative factors using response surface methodology

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 1785-1806

  Choquette Labbé, Marissa ^a   Shewa, Wudneh A ^a   Lalman, Jerald A ^a   Shanmugam, Saravanan R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

Author keywords

M cresol; O cresol; Phenol; Photocatalysis; Qualitative factors; Quantitative factors; Statistical modeling; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DEGRADATION; OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

M-CRESOL; O-CRESOL; QUALITATIVE FACTORS; QUANTITATIVE FACTORS; STATISTICAL MODELING;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ANATASE; CATALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOL; PHOTODEGRADATION; TOXICITY; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84902650607     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w6061785     Document Type: Article

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