Photo-Fenton degradation of ammonia via a manganese-iron double-active component catalyst of graphene-manganese ferrite under visible light

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 283, Issue , 2016, Pages 266-275

  Zhou, Yang ^a   Xiao, Bo ^a   Liu, Shou Qing ^a   Meng, Zeda ^a   Chen, Zhi Gang ^a   Zou, Cong Yang ^a   Liu, Cheng Bao ^a   Chen, Feng ^a   Zhou, Xing ^a  

^a SUZHOU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Degradation; Double effect catalyst; Graphene manganese ferrite; Photo Fenton

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; CATALYSTS; DEGRADATION; FERRITE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; MANGANESE; OXIDATION; PHOTODEGRADATION; RATE CONSTANTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DOUBLE EFFECTS; HETEROGENEOUS PHOTO-FENTON; MANGANESE FERRITES; PHOTO-FENTON; PHOTO-FENTON DEGRADATION; PSEUDO-FIRST ORDER REACTIONS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; WHITE LIGHT IRRADIATION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84939474705     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.07.049     Document Type: Article

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