Sunlight mediated removal of chlorophenols over tungsten supported ZnO: Electrochemical and photocatalytic studies

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 1901-1911

  Aslam, M ^a   Soomro, M Tahir ^a   Ismail, Iqbal M I ^a   Salah, Numan ^a   Gondal, M A ^b   Hameed, A ^a,c  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

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

^c QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Chlorophenols; Chronopotentiometery (CP); Cyclic voltammetry (CV); Electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS); Photocatalysis; Sunlight; Superoxide radicals

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ELECTRIC DISCHARGES; MINERALOGY; OXYGEN; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

2 , 4 , 6-TRICHLOROPHENOL; CHLOROPHENOLS; CHRONOPOTENTIOMETERY (CP); DEGRADATION INTERMEDIATES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SUNLIGHT; SUPEROXIDE RADICAL;

ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84938404862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22133437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2015.07.004     Document Type: Article

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