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nanocomposite-mediated solar-assisted photocatalytic degradation of organic contaminant: an
approach towards environmental remediation. Chem Eng J 370:716–728. https://doi.org/10.
1016/j.cej.2019.03.248
EHC (2003) Selected Nitro– and Nitro–Oxy–Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons. Hanover,
Germany
El-Sharkawy R, El-Ghamry HA (2019) Multi-walled carbon nanotubes decorated with Cu
(II) triazole Schiff base complex for adsorptive removal of synthetic dyes. J Mol Liq
282:515–526. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molliq.2019.02.137
European Food Safety Authority, Food Consumption, Database (2008) http://www.efsa.europa.eu/
EFSA/ScientificPanels/efsa_locale-1178620753812_DATEX.htm
Farhadian M, Sangpour P, Hosseinzadeh G (2016) Preparation and photocatalytic activity of
WO3-MWCNT nanocomposite for degradation of naphthalene under visible light irradiation.
RSC Adv 00:1–11. https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA04642H
Fu J, Kyzas GZ, Cai Z, Deliyanni EA, Liu W, Zhao D (2018) Photocatalytic degradation of
phenanthrene by graphite oxide-TiO 2 -Sr(OH) 2 /SrCO 3 nanocomposite under solar irradiation:
effects of water quality parameters and predictive modelling. Chem Eng J 335:290–300. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2017.10.163
Gaga EO (2004) Investigation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) deposition in Ankara.
PhD, The Middle East of Technical University
Garon D, Krivobok S, Wouessidjewe D, Seigle-Murandi F (2002) Influence of surfactants on
solubilization and fungal degradation of fluorene. Chemosphere 47(3):303–309
Ge L, Wang W, Peng Z, Tan F, Wang X, Chen J, Qiao X (2018) Facile fabrication of Fe@MgO
magnetic nanocomposites for efficient removal of heavy metal ion and dye from water. Powder
Technol 326:393–401. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.powtec.2017.12.003
Ghaemi N, Daraei P (2016) Enhancement in copper ion removal by PPy@Al 2 O 3 polymeric
nanocomposite membrane. J Ind Eng Chem 40:26–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2016.05.
027
Grimmer G, Böhnke H, Glaser A, (1977) Investigation on the carcinogenic burden by air pollution
in man. XV. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in automobile exhuast gas-aninventory 164:218.
https://europepmc.org/article/med/70130
Grover IS, Prajapat RC, Singh S, Pal B (2017) SiO 2 -coated pure anatase TiO 2 catalysts for
enhanced photo-oxidation of naphthalene and anthracene. Particuology 34:156–161. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.partic.2017.03.001
Gu M, Sui Q, Farooq U, Zhang X, Qui Z, Lyu S (2018) Degradation of phenanthrene in sulfate
radical based oxidative environment by nZVI-PDA functionalized rGO catalyst. Chem Eng J
534:541–552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2018.08.039
Guo Y, Dai Y, Zhao W, Li H, Xu B, Sun C (2018) Highly efficient photocatalytic degradation of
naphthalene by Co 3 O 4 /Bi 2 O 2 CO 3 under visible light: a novel p–n heterojunction nanocomposite
with nanocrystals/lotus-leaf-like nanosheets structure. Appl Catal B Environ 237:273–287.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2018.05.089
Guozheng J, Guoxiang W, Yong Z, Linsheng Z (2010) Effects of light intensity and H2O2 on
photocatalytic degradation of phenol in wastewater using TiO2/ACF. 1. 623–626. https://doi.
org/10.1109/ICDMA.2010.431
Gupta H, Gupta B (2015) Photocatalytic degradation of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon benzo[a]
pyrene by iron oxides and identification of degradation products. Chemosphere 138:924–931.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.12.028
Harvey GR (1998) In: Neilson AH (ed) The handbook of environmental chemistry. Springer, Berlin
He K, Zeng G, Chen A, Huang Z, Peng M, Huang T, Chen G (2019) Graphene hybridized
polydopamine-kaolin composite as effective adsorbent for methylene blue removal. Compos
Part B Eng 161:141–149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.compositesb.2018.10.063
5 Degradation of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons by Functionalized Nanomaterials
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