Nitrogen-doped reduced graphene oxide as a bifunctional material for removing bisphenols: Synergistic effect between adsorption and catalysis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6855-6864

  Wang, Xiaobo ^a,b   Qin, Yanlei ^a   Zhu, Lihua ^b   Tang, Heqing ^a  

^a SOUTH CENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOR NATIONALITIES   (China)

^b HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GRAPHENE; NITROGEN; POLLUTION; RATE CONSTANTS;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; BIFUNCTIONAL MATERIALS; DEGRADATION RATE CONSTANTS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; MECHANISM STUDIES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SULFATE RADICALS; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

PHENOLS;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; GRAPHENE OXIDE; NITROGEN; SULFATE; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE; GRAPHITE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE;

ABSORPTION; CATALYSIS; NITROGEN; PHENOLIC COMPOUND;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; DEGRADATION; POLLUTANT; RATE CONSTANT; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; TEMPERATURE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; GRAPHITE; KINETICS; NITROGEN; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHENOLS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84930644465     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b01059     Document Type: Article

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