Chlorobenzene degeradation by non-thermal plasma combined with EG-TiO2/ZnO as a photocatalyst: Effect of photocatalyst on CO2 selectivity and byproducts reduction

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 324, Issue , 2017, Pages 544-553

  Ghorbani Shahna, Farshid ^a   Bahrami, Abdulrahman ^a   Alimohammadi, Iraj ^b   Yarahmadi, Rassuol ^b   Jaleh, Babak ^c   Gandomi, Mastaneh ^c   Ebrahimi, Hossein ^b   Ad Din Abedi, Kamal ^d  

^a HAMADAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c BU ALI SINA UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Byproducts reduction; Expanded graphite; Non thermal plasma; Photocatalyst; TiO2 ZnO catalysts

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; EFFICIENCY; GRAPHITE; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PLASMA APPLICATIONS; REDUCTION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

APPLIED VOLTAGES; BYPRODUCTS FORMATION; COMPLETE OXIDATION; EXPANDED GRAPHITE; NONTHERMAL PLASMA; POLLUTANT MOLECULES; REMOVAL EFFICIENCIES; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

BYPRODUCTS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CHLOROBENZENE; GRAPHITE; PHOSGENE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CATALYST; CHLOROBENZENE; DEGRADATION; GRAPHITE; INORGANIC COMPOUND; NANOPARTICLE; OXIDATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PLASMA; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; REDUCTION; RESIDENCE TIME; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ADDITION REACTION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWNSTREAM PROCESSING; GAS; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PLASMA GAS; REACTOR; REDUCTION; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VOLUME;

EID: 85002397983     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.11.025     Document Type: Article

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