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co-doped industrial graphene as an efficient peroxymonosulfate activator: singlet oxygendominated catalytic degradation of organic contaminants. Appl Catal B Environ
251:335–345. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2019.03.085
Sun S-J, Zhao Z-B, Li B, Ma L-X, Fu D-L, Sun X-Z, Thapa S, Shen J-M, Qi H, Wu Y-N (2019b)
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PAH-contaminated soil and their pathways by Fe-doped TiO 2 Nanocatalyst. Water Air Soil
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hydrocarbons in smoked fish species from markets in Southern Nigeria. Toxicol Rep 4:55–61.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxrep.2016.12.006
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eco-toxicity fate. Chem Bull 57:1
Tuzen NM (2019) Development of tetraethylene pentamine functionalized multi-wall carbon
nanotubes as a new adsorbent in a syringe system for removal of bisphenol A by using
multivariate optimization techniques. Microchem J 147:1147–1154. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
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hydrocarbons in soils around the Anhui Coal District, China. Arch Environ Contam Toxicol
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Concentrations, sources and spatial distribution of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in soils
from Beijing, Tianjin and surrounding areas, North China. Environ Pollut 158:1245–1251.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envpol.2010.01.021
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contaminated soils amended with compost and planted with ryegrass and alfalfa. Chemosphere
87:217–225. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.12.063
Wang Y, Yang Y, Xi L, Zhang X, Jia M, Xu H, Wu H (2016) A simple hydrothermal synthesis of
flower-like ZnO microspheres and their improved photocatalytic activity. Mater Lett 180:55–58.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matlet.2016.05.107
Wang R, Sun R, Liu G, Yousaf B, Wu D, Chen J, Zhang H (2017) A review of the biogeochemical
controls on the occurrence and distribution of polycyclic aromatic compounds (PACs) in coals.
Earth Sci Rev 171:400–418. https://doi.org/10.1016/J.EARSCIREV.2017.06.011
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