UV and solar light photocatalytic removal of organic contaminants in municipal wastewater

Separation Science and Technology (Philadelphia)

Volumn 51, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1765-1778

  Mecha, Achisa C ^a   Onyango, Maurice S ^a   Ochieng, Aoyi ^b   Jamil, Tarek S ^c   Fourie, Christoffel J S ^a   Momba, Maggy N B ^a  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c NATIONAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Doping; phenol; photocatalysis; titanium dioxide; wastewater

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LIGHT; METAL IONS; METALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POTABLE WATER; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

CATALYST CONCENTRATION; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; PHOTO-CATALYTIC REMOVAL; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SOLAR PHOTOCATALYSIS; UV AND VISIBLE LIGHT; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

EFFLUENTS;

EID: 84975131347     PISSN: 01496395     EISSN: 15205754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01496395.2016.1178290     Document Type: Article

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