New insights into the primary roles of diatomite in the enhanced sequestration of UO22+ by zerovalent iron nanoparticles: An advanced approach utilizing XPS and EXAFS

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental

Volumn 193, Issue , 2016, Pages 189-197

  Sheng, Guodong ^a,b   Yang, Pengjie ^a   Tang, Yanna ^a   Hu, Qingyuan ^a   Li, Hui ^a   Ren, Xuemei ^d   Hu, Baowei ^a   Wang, Xiangke ^a,b   Huang, Yuying ^c  

^a SHAOXING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

^d INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Diatomite; Enhanced U(VI) sequestration; Nanoscale zero valent iron; Primary roles

Indexed keywords

EFFICIENCY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

DIATOMITE; ENHANCED U(VI) SEQUESTRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; NANO-SCALE ZERO VALENT IRONS; NANOSCALE ZERO-VALENT IRON; PRIMARY ROLES; SPECTROSCOPIC STUDIES; ZERO-VALENT IRON NANOPARTICLES;

IRON;

EID: 84963800663     PISSN: 09263373     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcatb.2016.04.035     Document Type: Article

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