Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of tetracycline and real pharmaceutical wastewater using MWCNT/TiO2 nano-composite

Journal of Environmental Management

Volumn 186, Issue , 2017, Pages 55-63

  Ahmadi, Mehdi ^a   Ramezani Motlagh, Hojjatallah ^a   Jaafarzadeh, Nematollah ^a   Mostoufi, Azar ^a   Saeedi, Reza ^b   Barzegar, Gelavizh ^a   Jorfi, Sahand ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Advanced oxidation technology; MWCNT TiO2; Pharmaceutical wastewater; Photocatalytic degradation; Tetracycline

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; IRRADIATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOCOMPOSITES; YARN;

ADVANCED OXIDATIONS TECHNOLOGIES; IRRADIATION TIME; MWCNT'S; MWCNT/TIO2; NANO COMPOSITE; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PHARMACEUTICAL WASTEWATER; PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION; TETRACYCLINE; WEIGHT RATIOS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

2,4 DINITROPHENOL; ALCOHOL; BENZENE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; MYRISTIC ACID ISOPROPYL ESTER; NANOCOMPOSITE; PHENOL; PHTHALIC ACID; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; TETRACYCLINE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE; TRIBUTYL PHOSPHATE; CARBON NANOTUBE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANTIBIOTICS; CATALYST; COMPOSITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDUSTRIAL WASTE; IRRADIATION; NANOPARTICLE; OXIDATION; PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REACTION KINETICS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ACID DISSOCIATION CONSTANT; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; IRRADIATION; MINERALIZATION; PH; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; REACTION TIME; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE CHARGE; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WASTE WATER; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTOLYSIS; PROCEDURES; SEWAGE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; KINETICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBES, CARBON; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; PHOTOLYSIS; TETRACYCLINE; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WASTE WATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84995644730     PISSN: 03014797     EISSN: 10958630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2016.09.088     Document Type: Article

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