Easy recovery, mechanical stability, enhanced adsorption capacity and recyclability of alginate-based TiO2 macrobead photocatalysts for water treatment

Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 1763-1770

  Gjipalaj, Joana ^a   Alessandri, Ivano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alginate based TiO2 beads; Methyl orange; Methylene blue; Recyclable catalysts

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ALGINATE; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AZO DYES; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CITRUS FRUITS; DYES; GELATION; IONOTROPIC GELATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; RECOVERY; STRIPPING (DYES); TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION EFFICIENCY; ADSORPTION REMOVAL; ANATASE POWDERS; ENHANCED ADSORPTIONS; METHYL ORANGE; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; RECYCLABLE CATALYST;

MECHANICAL STABILITY;

EID: 85015920825     PISSN: None     EISSN: 22133437     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jece.2017.03.017     Document Type: Article

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