Degradation mechanism and kinetic model for photocatalytic oxidation of PVC-ZnO composite film in presence of a sensitizing dye and UV radiation

• Main Authors: Sampa, Chakrabarti, Basab, Chaudhuri, Sekhar, Bhattacharjee, Paramita, Das, Binay Kanti, Dutta
• Format: Citation Index Journal
• Published: ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV, PO BOX 211, 1000 AE AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS 2008
• Subjects: TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.utp.edu.my/2352/1/SAMPLE_PAPER_PDF.pdf; http://apps.isiknowledge.com/full_record.do?product=WOS&search_mode=GeneralSearch&qid=26&SID=X212JDdPAc7358p5C3D&page=1&doc=1; http://eprints.utp.edu.my/2352/

White or plastic pollution has become a serious concern to the environmentalists for the last few years. Degradation of waste plastics in conventional incinerators leads to emission of carcinogenic dioxins to the atmosphere. In this work, an attempt has been made for the photocatalytic degradation...