Mechanism of photocatalytic disinfection using titania-graphene composites under UV and visible irradiation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 316, Issue , 2017, Pages 179-186

  Cruz Ortiz, Brenda R ^a,e   Hamilton, Jeremy W J ^b   Pablos, Cristina ^d   Díaz Jiménez, Lourdes ^a   Cortés Hernández, Dora A ^a   Sharma, Preetam K ^b   Castro Alférez, María ^c   Fernández Ibañez, Pilar ^c   Dunlop, Patrick S M ^b   Byrne, John A ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c PLATAFORMA SOLAR DE ALMERÍA CIEMAT   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSIDAD REY JUAN CARLOS   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE COAHUILA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Disinfection; Photocatalytic mechanism; Reactive oxygen species; Scavenger studies; TiO2 rGO; Visible light activity

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAPHENE; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RADIATION; WATER POLLUTION;

PHOTO-CATALYTIC; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SCAVENGER STUDIES; TIO2-RGO; VISIBLE-LIGHT ACTIVITY;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 85011387432     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.01.094     Document Type: Article

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