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Environmental Green Chemistry Applications of Nanoporous Carbons
Environmental Green Chemistry Applications of Nanoporous Carbons
GREEN CHEMISTRY
APPLICATIOnS OF
NANOPOROUS
CARBONS
JUAN MATOS
ANDREINA GARCIA
PO S. POON
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NANOPOROUS CARBON
- those who contain micropores and
or mesopores as defined by IUPAC
How is it produced?
1. Physical reactivation
- Carbonization
- Activation
2. Chemical Activation
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
PETROLEUM INDUSTRY
HETEROGENOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS
Titanium oxide
Honda
Fujishima
HETEROGENOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS
WITH ACTIVATED CARBON
increases
EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
Photocatalyst
-1
.
Tabebuia Pentaphyla
EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
Samples were maintained in the dark for 60min to complete adsorption at equilibrium
prior UV-irradiation and then the suspension was irradiated.
EXPERIMENTAL METHODS
REACTIONS
REACTIONS
CONCLUSIONS
RELEVANCE
REFERENCES
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applications. NATO ASI Series C. London: Kluwer Academic
Publishers 1987; p. 535.
[2] Bahnemann D, Cunningham J, Fox MA, Pelizzetti E, Pichat P,
Serpone NDG. Crosby, Eds. Aquatic and surface photochemistry.
Florida: Lewis, Boca Raton 1994; p. 261.
[3] Matos J, Laine J, Herrmann JM. Synergy effect in the
photocatalytic degradation of phenol on a suspended mixture of
titania and activated carbon. Appl Catal B Environ 1998; 18: 28191.
[4] Matos J, Laine J, Herrmann JM. Effect of the type of activated
carbons on the photocatalytic degradation of aqueous organic
pollutants by UV-irradiated titania. J Mol Catal 2001; 200: 10-20.