Efficient photo-assisted Fenton oxidation treatment of multi-walled carbon nanotubes

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 52, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 2054-2062

  Fan, Cailing ^a   Li, Wei ^a,c   Li, Xin ^a   Zhao, Shiju ^a   Zhang, Ling ^b   Mo, Yujun ^b   Cheng, Rongming ^c  

^a HENAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c EAST CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Functionalization; Multi walled carbon nanotubes (MWNTs); UV Fenton combined oxidation treatment

Indexed keywords

EID: 34547693069     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11434-007-0308-8     Document Type: Article

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