Nitrogen and sulfur co-doped CNT-COOH as an efficient metal-free catalyst for the degradation of UV filter BP-4 based on sulfate radicals

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 187, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-10

  Liu, Hui ^a,b   Sun, Ping ^b   Feng, Mingbao ^a   Liu, Hongxia ^a,b   Yang, Shaogui ^a   Wang, Liansheng ^a   Wang, Zunyao ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIAXING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Benzophenone 4; Carbon nanotube; Nitrogen and sulfur doping; Oxygenic functional groups; Sulfate radicals

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; BINS; CARBON NANOTUBES; CATALYSTS; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; NITROGEN; REUSABILITY; SULFUR; YARN;

BENZOPHENONE-4; DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; ENHANCED CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; FRONTIER ELECTRON DENSITIES; OXIDANT CONCENTRATIONS; SULFATE RADICALS; SULFUR DOPING; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84955291660     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.01.036     Document Type: Article

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