Comparative study of catalytic activity of ZrO2 nanoparticles for sonocatalytic and photocatalytic degradation of cationic and anionic dyes

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 280, Issue , 2015, Pages 475-485

  Bansal, Pratibha ^a   Chaudhary, Ganga Ram ^a   Mehta, S K ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Degradation; Dye; Nanoparticles; Photocatalysis; Sonocatalysis; Ultrasonication

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DYEING; DYES; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; REUSABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; ZIRCONIA;

CATIONIC AND ANIONIC DYES; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PSEUDO FIRST-ORDER KINETICS; SONOCATALYSIS; ULTRA-SONICATION; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84934996114     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.06.039     Document Type: Article

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