The efficient photocatalytic degradation of methyl tert-butyl ether under Pd/ZnO and visible light irradiation

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 265-271

  Seddigi, Zaki S ^a   Ahmed, Saleh A ^a   Bumajdad, Ali ^b   Danish, Ekram Y ^c   Shawky, Ahmed M ^a   Gondal, Mohammed A ^d   Soylak, Mustafa ^e  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^e ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ETHER DERIVATIVE; NANOPARTICLE; PALLADIUM; POLLUTANT; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER; WATER; ZINC OXIDE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRON; KINETICS; LIGHT; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOLYSIS; POLLUTANT; SOLUTION AND SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMICS; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

CATALYSIS; ELECTRONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; KINETICS; LIGHT; METHYL ETHERS; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PALLADIUM; PHOTOLYSIS; SOLUTIONS; THERMODYNAMICS; WATER; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84924233793     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: 17511097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/php.12391     Document Type: Article

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