Comparison of different TiO2 samples as photocatalyst for the degradation of a mixture of four commercial pesticides

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1259-1264

  Vicente, Rafael ^a   Soler, Juan ^a   Arques, Antonio ^a   Amat, Ana Maria ^a   Frontistis, Zacharias ^b   Xekoukoulotakis, Nikos ^b   Mantzavinos, Dionissios ^c  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Detoxification; Photocatalysis; Sunlight; Titanium dioxide: pesticides

Indexed keywords

DETOXIFICATION; ECONOMICS; EXPERIMENTS; GROUNDWATER; MIXTURES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PILOT PLANTS; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; PESTICIDES DEGRADATIONS; RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCE; SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOCATALYSIS; SUNLIGHT; SURFACE AND GROUND WATERS; SUSTAINABLE TREATMENTS;

PESTICIDES;

CARBARIL; CHLOROPHENOL; CYCLOHEXANONE; DIMETHOATE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC MATTER; METHIDATHION; PESTICIDE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; XYLENE;

ACUTE TOXICITY; ADSORPTION; ALIIVIBRIO FISCHERI; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CATALYST; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADATION; DESORPTION; DETOXIFICATION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LUMINESCENCE; MINERALIZATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SEMICONDUCTOR; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

EID: 84904012027     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.4382     Document Type: Article

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