Development of gold nanoparticle-doped activated carbon sorbent for elemental mercury

Energy and Fuels

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 2022-2027

  Rodríguez Pérez, Jorge ^a   López Antón, M Antonia ^a   Díaz Somoano, Mercedes ^a   García, Roberto ^a   Martínez Tarazona, M Rosa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DEL CARBÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONACEOUS SORBENTS; CARBONACEOUS SUPPORTS; COAL-FIRED POWER PLANT; COMMERCIAL ACTIVATED CARBONS; ELEMENTAL MERCURY; GASPHASE; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GOLD PARTICLES; HIGHER EFFICIENCY; RETENTION CAPACITY; SOLID SORBENTS; SORBENT BEHAVIOR; TETRAKIS;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COAL; FOSSIL FUEL POWER PLANTS; MERCURY (METAL); METHANOL; NANOPARTICLES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; SORBENTS;

GOLD;

EID: 80051682565     PISSN: 08870624     EISSN: 15205029     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ef2001053     Document Type: Article

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