Enhanced solar photocatalytic degradation of phenol with coupled graphene-based titanium dioxide and zinc oxide

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 49, 2014, Pages 18824-18832

  Malekshoar, Ghodsieh ^a   Pal, Kanjakha ^b   He, Quan ^c   Yu, Aiping ^d   Ray, Ajay K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; COMPLEXATION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEGRADATION; GRAPHENE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LOADING; OXIDES; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; RATE CONSTANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; EFFECT OF CATALYST LOADINGS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; PHENOL CONCENTRATION; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SIMULATED SOLAR LIGHT; SOLAR PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84949115927     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie501673v     Document Type: Article

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