Nitrogen-doped graphene for generation and evolution of reactive radicals by metal-free catalysis

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4169-4178

  Duan, Xiaoguang ^a   Ao, Zhimin ^b   Sun, Hongqi ^a   Indrawirawan, Stacey ^a   Wang, Yuxian ^a   Kang, Jian ^a   Liang, Fengli ^c   Zhu, Z H ^c   Wang, Shaobin ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

DFT; graphene; metal free catalysis; nitrogen doping; peroxymonosulfate; phenol degradation

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL ACTIVATION; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; METALS; NANOCRYSTALS; PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCE; PHENOLS; REACTION KINETICS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE;

CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; ELECTRON PARAMAGNETIC RESONANCES (EPR); METAL-FREE CATALYSIS; NITROGEN DOPED GRAPHENE; NITROGEN-DOPING; PEROXYMONOSULFATE; PHENOL DEGRADATION; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 84923807496     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am508416n     Document Type: Article

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