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Photocatalytic Membrane Reactor for Sustainable Environmental Remediation

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Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions (EMCEI 2017)

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The photo mineralization of organics by semiconductor photocatalysts is an area of intensive research, ideally the end products of these processes should be carbon dioxide, water, and inorganic mineral salts, which have a minimum environmental impact.

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  1. Laboratory of Transport Phenomena and Biotechnology, University of Calabria, Via- P. Bucci, Cubo 42/A, 87036, Rende, CS, Italy

    Sudip Chakraborty, Debolina Mukherjee, Stefano Curcio & Vincenza Calabro

  2. Department of Chemical Engineering, National Institute of Technology Durgapur, Durgapur, West Bengal, 713209, India

    Jaya Sikder

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Correspondence to Sudip Chakraborty .

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  1. Sfax National School of Engineering, University of Sfax Sfax National School of Engineering, Sfax, Tunisia

    Amjad Kallel

  2. Higher Instit. of Biotechnol. of Sfax, University of Sfax, Sfax, Tunisia

    Mohamed Ksibi

  3. Sfax National School of Engineering, University of Sfax Sfax National School of Engineering, Sfax, Tunisia

    Hamed Ben Dhia

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Chakraborty, S., Sikder, J., Mukherjee, D., Curcio, S., Calabro, V. (2018). Photocatalytic Membrane Reactor for Sustainable Environmental Remediation. In: Kallel, A., Ksibi, M., Ben Dhia, H., Khélifi, N. (eds) Recent Advances in Environmental Science from the Euro-Mediterranean and Surrounding Regions. EMCEI 2017. Advances in Science, Technology & Innovation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70548-4_22

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