Solar photocatalytic degradation of bisphenol A with CuOx/BiVO4: Insights into the unexpectedly favorable effect of bicarbonates

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 318, Issue , 2017, Pages 39-49

  Kanigaridou, Ypatia ^a   Petala, Athanasia ^a   Frontistis, Zacharias ^a   Antonopoulou, Maria ^a   Solakidou, Maria ^b   Konstantinou, Ioannis ^b   Deligiannakis, Yannis ^b   Mantzavinos, Dionissios ^a   Kondarides, Dimitris I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bicarbonate; Bismuth vanadate; Bisphenol A; Copper; Photocatalysis; Reaction pathway

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CATALYSTS; COPPER; COPPER OXIDES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNGSTATE MINERALS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BICARBONATE; BIS-PHENOL A; BISMUTH VANADATES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; REACTION PATHWAYS; SOLAR PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84964713788     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.04.145     Document Type: Article

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