Improved debromination of polybrominated diphenyl ethers by bimetallic iron-silver nanoparticles coupled with microwave energy

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 429, Issue , 2012, Pages 300-308

  Luo, Si ^a,b   Yang, Shaogui ^b   Sun, Cheng ^b   Gu, Ji Dong ^a,c  

^a HUNAN AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Bimetallic iron silver; Debromination; Microwave energy; Nano technologies; PBDEs; Zero valent iron

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DEPOSITION; ETHERS; IRON; IRON ALLOYS; MICROWAVES; POLYACRYLATES; SILVER ALLOYS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

DEBROMINATION; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHERS (BDE209); DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; DEGRADATION REACTION; MICROWAVE ENERGIES; PBDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); ZERO-VALENT IRON;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

IRON SILVER NANOPARTICLE; NANOPARTICLE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DEGRADATION; HYDROGEN; IRON; MICROWAVE RADIATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PBDE; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBROMINATION; DEGRADATION; DEHALOGENATION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 84862252378     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.04.051     Document Type: Article

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