Enhanced electricity generation and degradation of the azo dye Reactive Green 19 in a photocatalytic fuel cell using ZnO/Zn as the photoanode

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 127, Issue , 2016, Pages 579-584

  Lee, Sin Li ^a   Ho, Li Ngee ^a   Ong, Soon An ^a   Wong, Yee Shian ^a   Voon, Chun Hong ^a   Khalik, Wan Fadhilah ^a   Yusoff, Nik Athirah ^a   Nordin, Noradiba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA PERLIS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Degradation; Electricity generation; Electrolyte; Photocatalytic fuel cell; Wastewater treatment; ZnO Zn photoanode

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CARBON; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC POWER GENERATION; ELECTROLYTES; FUEL CELLS; POLLUTION; SODIUM; SODIUM CHLORIDE; SODIUM SULFATE; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ZINC OXIDE;

DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; ELECTRICITY GENERATION; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; MAXIMUM POWER DENSITY; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTO-ANODES; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; SUPPORTING ELECTROLYTE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84992301261     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.03.169     Document Type: Article

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