Degradation of phenol through solar-photocatalytic treatment by zinc oxide in aqueous solution

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1621-1628

  Yusoff, Nik Athirah ^a   Ong, Soon An ^a   Ho, Li Ngee ^a   Wong, Yee Shian ^a   Khalik, Wan Fadhilah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Kinetics study; Phenol; Photocatalytic degradation; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84927173938     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2014.908414     Document Type: Article

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