Semiconductor materials for photocatalytic oxidation of organic pollutants in wastewater

Photocatalytic Semiconductors: Synthesis, Characterization, and Environmental Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 187-228

  Hinojosa Reyes, Laura ^a   Guzmán Mar, Jorge Luis ^a   Villanueva Rodríguez, Minerva ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Biodegradability; By products identification; Emerging contaminants; Metal doping; Mineralization; Mixed oxides; Non metal doping; Pesticides; Reuse; Solar radiation; Textile dyes; TiO2 nanomaterials; Toxicity; Visible light active; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; DYES; LIGHT; MINERALOGY; OXIDATION; OXIDATION RESISTANCE; PESTICIDES; POLLUTION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOLAR RADIATION; TOXICITY; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY;

BY-PRODUCTS IDENTIFICATIONS; EMERGING CONTAMINANT; METAL-DOPING; MINERALIZATION; MIXED OXIDE; REUSE; TEXTILE DYES; VISIBLE LIGHT;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84940496394     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-10999-2_6     Document Type: Chapter

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