Photocatalytic oxidation of acetaminophen using carbon self-doped titanium dioxide

Sustainable Environment Research

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 161-167

  de Luna, Mark Daniel G ^a   Lin, Justin Chun Te ^b   Gotostos, Mary Jane N ^a   Lu, Ming Chun ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES   (Philippines)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c CHIA NAN UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY AND SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acetaminophen; Calcination temperature; Persistent organic pollutants; Quadruple elemental doping; TiO2; Visible light photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; LIGHT; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; RATE CONSTANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLS; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ACETAMINOPHEN; CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); TIO2; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84989283241     PISSN: 24682039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.serj.2016.02.001     Document Type: Article

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