Environment-Friendly Carbon Quantum Dots/ZnFe2O4 Photocatalysts: Characterization, Biocompatibility, and Mechanisms for NO Removal

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 2924-2933

  Huang, Yu ^a   Liang, Yanling ^a   Rao, Yongfang ^b   Zhu, Dandan ^a   Cao, Jun Ji ^a   Shen, Zhenxing ^b   Ho, Wingkei ^c   Lee, Shun Cheng ^d  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c THE EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR CLEANERS; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; ELECTRONS; ENERGY TRANSFER; FREE RADICALS; MAGNETIC MOMENTS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PURIFICATION; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; ENVIRONMENT FRIENDLY; PHOTOCATALYSIS PROCESS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; TRANSIENT PHOTOCURRENTS;

AIR PURIFICATION;

CARBON; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NANOPARTICLE; NITROGEN OXIDE; QUANTUM DOT; RADICAL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC; ZINC IRON OXIDE;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ELECTRON; HYDROTHERMAL SYSTEM; IRRADIATION; NITRIC OXIDE; OXIDATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PURIFICATION; TOXICITY;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; BIOCOMPATIBILITY; CATALYST; CYTOTOXICITY; DESORPTION; ELECTRON; ELECTRON SPIN RESONANCE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ISOTHERM; LIGHT; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; CATALYSIS; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION;

CARBON; CATALYSIS; LIGHT; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 85015283886     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.6b04460     Document Type: Article

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