Tin dioxide as a photocatalyst for water treatment: A review

Process Safety and Environmental Protection

Volumn 107, Issue , 2017, Pages 190-205

  Al Hamdi, Abdullah M ^a,b   Rinner, Uwe ^b   Sillanpää, Mika ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Photocatalysis; Photodegradation; SnO2doping; Tin(IV) oxide

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; EFFICIENCY; EXCITED STATES; METABOLITES; METALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SEMICONDUCTING TIN COMPOUNDS; TIN DIOXIDE; TIN OXIDES; WATER POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL PROCESS; EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; RECALCITRANT COMPOUNDS; SNO2DOPING; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; WASTEWATER FACILITIES;

WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 85014128513     PISSN: 09575820     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.psep.2017.01.022     Document Type: Review

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