Comparison of photocatalytic treatment effectiveness on sewage and industrial wastewaters

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 2015-2021

  Pavelescu, Gabriela ^a   Uyguner Demirel, Ceyda ^b   Bekbolet, Miray ^b   Ghervase, Luminita ^a   Ioja, Cristian ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT FOR OPTOELECTRONICS INOE 2000   (Romania)

^b BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Fluorescence spectroscopy; Photocatalysis; UV Vis; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926364859     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: 18433707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2014.223     Document Type: Article

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