Photocatalytic degradation of furfural in aqueous solution by N-doped titanium dioxide nanoparticles

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 23, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 21846-21860

  Veisi, Farzaneh ^a   Zazouli, Mohammad Ali ^a   Ebrahimzadeh, Mohammad Ali ^b   Charati, Jamshid Yazdani ^a   Dezfoli, Amin Shiralizadeh ^c  

^a MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b MAZANDARAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation process; Furfural; N TiO2 nanoparticles; Photocatalytic degradation

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); NANOPARTICLE; NITROGEN DIOXIDE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; OXIDATION; PHOTODEGRADATION; TITANIUM;

FURFURAL; METAL NANOPARTICLE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; SUNLIGHT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER POLLUTANT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYSIS; FURALDEHYDE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SUNLIGHT; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84982162847     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-016-7199-7     Document Type: Article

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