Photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue by titanium dioxide: Experimental and modeling study

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 38, 2014, Pages 14641-14649

  Xu, Chen ^a   Rangaiah, G P ^a   Zhao, X S ^b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYSTS; DESORPTION; OXIDES; RATE CONSTANTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER POLLUTION;

DEGRADATION PROCESS; INITIAL DYE CONCENTRATION; LIGHT RADIATION; METHYLENE BLUE; MODEL STUDY; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PSEUDO-FIRST-ORDER; VIA MODELING;

WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84916616457     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie502367x     Document Type: Article

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