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Photocatalysis In A Novel Semiconducting Optical Fiber Monolithic Reactor For Wastewater Treatment, Hongfei Lin
Photocatalysis In A Novel Semiconducting Optical Fiber Monolithic Reactor For Wastewater Treatment, Hongfei Lin
LSU Doctoral Dissertations
The development of photocatalytic reactors is essential for the successful exploitation of heterogeneous photocatalysis on semiconductor particles, which has been shown to be an effective means of removing organic pollutants from wastewater streams. In this dissertation, a novel photocatalytic optical fiber monolith reactor (OFMR), which employed a ceramic multi-channel monolith as a support for TiO2 and quartz fibers inserted inside the monolithic channels as both a light-transmitting conductor and a support for TiO2, was developed for wastewater treatment by investigating the photocatalytic degradation of o-dichlorobenzene (DCB) and phenanthrene (PHE). This configuration provides a high surface area for catalyst coating per …