New insights in the heterogeneous photocatalytic removal of U(VI) in aqueous solution in the presence of 2-propanol

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 261, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-35

  Salomone, Vanesa N ^a   Meichtry, Jorge M ^a,b   Zampieri, Guillermo ^b,c,d   Litter, Marta I ^a,b,e  

^a CENTRO ATÓMICO CONSTITUYENTES   (Argentina)

^b Facultad de Ciencias Naturales e Instituto M Lillo   (Argentina)

^c CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

^d UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE CUYO   (Argentina)

^e UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE SAN MARTÍN   (Argentina)

Author keywords

2 Propanol; Heterogeneous photocatalysis; TiO2; U(IV); U(V); U(VI)

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; GLASS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS; IONS; NITRATES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; QUARTZ; URANIUM COMPOUNDS;

2-PROPANOL; CONDUCTION BAND ELECTRONS; HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC REMOVAL; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC TREATMENT; PHOTOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS; TIO2;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84911418504     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.06.001     Document Type: Article

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