Cleaner water using bimetallic nanoparticle catalysts

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 84, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 158-166

  Wong, Michael S ^a,b   Alvarez, Pedro J J ^a,b   Fang, Yu Lun ^a   Akçin, Nurgül ^a,d   Nutt, Michael O ^a   Miller, Jeffrey T ^c   Heck, Kimberly N ^a  

^a Rice University   (United States)

^b RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d YILDIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Gold; Nanoparticles; Nanotechnology; Trichloroethene; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON ADSORPTION; BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES; CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; CHLORINATED COMPOUNDS; CHLORINATED ETHENES; CONVENTIONAL TREATMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; GASPHASE; GROUND WATER REMEDIATION; HYDRODECHLORINATION; INDUSTRIALIZED NATIONS; RELATED COMPOUNDS; TRICHLOROETHENE; WATER PHASE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ACTIVATED CARBON TREATMENT; ADSORPTION; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYST DEACTIVATION; GOLD; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; HYDROGEOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OIL SPILLS; PALLADIUM; STRIPPING (DYES); TRICHLOROETHYLENE;

CATALYSIS;

CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ETHYLENE; GOLD NANOPARTICLE; GROUND WATER; NANOPARTICLE; PALLADIUM;

ADSORPTION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHLORINATION; DECHLORINATION; GAS; INDUSTRIALIZATION; REVIEW; SOLID; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 66149107474     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.2002     Document Type: Review

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