Ozone/graphene oxide catalytic oxidation: A novel method to degrade emerging organic contaminant N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET)

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Liu, Jia Nan ^a   Chen, Zhuo ^a   Wu, Qian Yuan ^a   Li, Ang ^a   Hu, Hong Ying ^a,b   Yang, Cheng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tsinghua Berkeley Shenzhen Institute   (China)

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EID: 84982083187     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep31405     Document Type: Article

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