Photocatalytic degradation of formaldehyde in aqueous solution using ZnO nanoparticles immobilized on glass plates

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1613-1620

  Darvishi Cheshmeh Soltani, R ^a   Rezaee, A ^b   Safari, M ^c   Khataee, A R ^d   Karimi, B ^a  

^a ARAK UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde; Immobilization; Photocatalysis; Reaction rate; ZnO nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

EID: 84922939675     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.855674     Document Type: Article

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