Simultaneous photocatalysis and adsorption based removal of inorganic and organic impurities from water by titania/activated carbon/carbonized epoxy nanocomposite

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 2076-2083

  Benjwal, Poonam ^a   Kar, Kamal K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Nanocomposite; Photocatalysis; TiO2< inf>; Water purification

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HEAVY METALS; IONS; LEAD; LEAD REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REMOVAL; SOLUTIONS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

CRYSTALLINITIES; EPOXY NANOCOMPOSITES; METHYLENE BLUE; ORGANIC IMPURITIES; SOLVOTHERMAL PROCESS; TIO; UV-VIS SPECTROSCOPY; WATER PURIFICATION;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 84938387342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22133437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2015.07.009     Document Type: Article

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