Browsing by Author "Frontistis, Zacharias"
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Photocatalytic (UV-A/TiO2) degradation of 17α-ethynylestradiol in environmental matrices: Experimental studies and artificial neural network modeling
Frontistis, Zacharias; Daskalaki, Vasileia M.; Hapeshi, E.; Drosou, C.; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Xekoukoulotakis, Nikolaos P.; Mantzavinos, D. (2012)The efficiency of heterogeneous photocatalysis to degrade 17α-ethynylestradiol (EE2), a synthetic estrogen hormone, in environmentally relevant samples was investigated. In most cases, UV-A radiation at a photon flux of ...
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Photocatalytic degradation of 17α-ethynylestradiol in environmental samples by ZnO under simulated solar radiation
Frontistis, Zacharias; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Mantzavinos, D.; Xekoukoulotakis, Nikolaos P. (2012)BACKGROUND: Recently, the fate of emerging micro-contaminants in environmentally relevant samples has attracted considerable attention. Semiconductor photocatalysis may offer an appealing methodology to treat such contaminants
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UV and simulated solar photodegradation of 17α-ethynylestradiol in secondary-treated wastewater by hydrogen peroxide or iron addition
Frontistis, Zacharias; Kouramanos, Matheos; Moraitis, Spyridon; Chatzisymeon, Efthalia; Hapeshi, E.; Fatta-Kassinos, Despo; Xekoukoulotakis, Nikolaos P.; Mantzavinos, D. (2015)•EE2 degradation in wastewater under UVC or simulated solar light was studied.•The effect of several operating parameters on process efficiency was investigated.•Estrogenicity in wastewater matrices is not completely removed ...