Oxidation of ethylbenzene to acetophenone with N-doped graphene: Insight from theory

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 12275-12284

  Ricca, Chiara ^a,b   Labat, Frédéric ^b   Russo, Nino ^a   Adamo, Carlo ^b,c   Sicilia, Emilia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

^c INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE DE FRANCE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ETHYLBENZENE; IONIZATION OF GASES; KETONES;

ACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; HYDROPEROXYL RADICAL; INTERMEDIATE STRUCTURES; LOW-ACTIVATION ENERGY; NITROGEN-DOPED GRAPHENE; REACTION PATHWAYS; SELECTIVE OXIDATION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84902455668     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp502179n     Document Type: Article

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