Solar photolysis versus TiO2-mediated solar photocatalysis: a kinetic study of the degradation of naproxen and diclofenac in various water matrices

• Main Authors: Kanakaraju, Devagi, Motti, Cherie A., Glass, Beverley D., Oelgemöller, Michael
• Format: E-Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer Verlag 2016
• Subjects: GE Environmental Sciences
• Online Access: http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12536/1/Solar-photolysis-versus%209abstract%29.pdf; http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/12536/; https://www.scopus.com/record/display.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84971596982&origin=inward&txGid=0

Given that drugs and their degradation products are likely to occur as concoctions in wastewater, the degradation of a mixture of two nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), diclofenac (DCF) and naproxen (NPX), was investigated by solar photolysis and titanium dioxide (TiO2)-mediated sol...