Photocatalytic oxidation of phenolic compounds using zinc oxide and sulphate radicals under artificial solar light

Photocatalytic degradation of phenolic compounds in aqueous solution was investigated in TiO2/persulphate/UV–vis and ZnO/persulphate/UV–vis light. It is found that ZnO exhibits higher activity than TiO2 in photocatalytic degradation of phenol under simulated solar light. The oxidation of phenol in e...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shukla, Pradeep, Wang, Shaobin, Ang, Ming, Tade, Moses
Format: Journal Article
Published: Pergamon 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/25915