Solar light-induced photocatalytic degradation of methyl red in an aqueous suspension of commercial ZnO: a green approach

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 501-514

  Singh, Nitin Kumar ^a   Saha, Sandip ^a   Pal, Anjali ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

COD removal; Color removal; Commercial ZnO; Methyl red degradation; Solar light

Indexed keywords

EID: 84921018613     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.838520     Document Type: Article

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