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org/10.1016/j.apcatb.2004.10.001
Barick KC, Singh S, Aslam M, Bahadur D (2010) Porosity and photocatalytic studies of transition
metal doped ZnO nanoclusters. Microporous Mesoporous Mater 134:195–202. https://doi.org/
10.1016/j.micromeso.2010.05.026
Behnajady MA, Modirshahla N, Hamzavi R (2006) Kinetic study on photocatalytic degradation of
C.I. acid yellow 23 by ZnO photocatalyst. J Hazard Mater 133(1–3):226–232. https://doi.org/
10.1016/j.jhazmat.2005.10.022
Bensalah N, Alfaro M, Martínez-Huitle C (2009) Electrochemical treatment of synthetic wastewaters containing Alphazurine A dye. Chem Eng J 149:348–352. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.
2008.11.031
Berge ND, Ramsburg CA (2009) Oil-in-water emulsions for encapsulated delivery of reactive iron
particles. Environ Sci Technol 43(13):5060–5066. https://doi.org/10.1021/es900358p
Bhatnagar A, Sillanpää M (2009) Applications of chitin- and chitosan derivatives for the detoxification of water and wastewater — a short review. Adv Colloid Interf Sci 152:26–38. https://
doi.org/10.1016/j.cis.2009.09.003
Bhatnagara A, Kumar E, Sillanpaa M (2010) Nitrate removal from water by nano-alumina:
characterization and sorption studies. Chem Eng J 163:317. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cej.2010.
08.008
Bokare V, Jung JL, Chang Y, Chang YS (2013) Reductive dechlorination of octachlorodibenzo-pdioxin by nanosized zero-valent zinc: modeling of rate kinetics and congener profile. J Hazard
Mater 250–251:397–402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.02.020
Cao CY, Qu J, Yan WS, Zhu JF, Wu ZY, Song WG (2012) Low-cost synthesis of flowerlike
α-Fe 2 O 3 nanostructures for heavy metal ion removal: adsorption property and mechanism.
Langmuir 28:4573–4579. https://doi.org/10.1021/la300097y
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npgd0493.html
Chang H, Wu H (2013) Graphene-based nanocomposites: preparation, functionalization, and
energy and environmental application. Energy Environ Sci 6:3483–3507. https://doi.org/10.
1039/C3EE42518E
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humid acid on catalytic nitrate reduction kinetics using an alumina supported Pd-Cu catalyst.
Environ Sci Technol 40:3075–3081. https://doi.org/10.1021/es0525298
Chatterjee D, Dasgupta SJ (2005) Visible light induced photocatalytic degradation of organic
pollutants. Photobiol C: Photochem Rev 6(2005):186–205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.
jphotochemrev.2005.09.001
Chen ZP, Guoetal YLM (2016) One-pot synthesis of Mn-doped TiO 2 grown on graphene and the
mechanism for removal of Cr(VI) and Cr(III). J Hazard Mater 310:188–198. https://doi.org/10.
1016/j.jhazmat.2016.02.034
Chen Y, Bagnall DM, Koh HJ et al (1998) Plasma assisted molecular beam epitaxy of ZnO on
c-plane sapphire: growth and characterization. J Appl Phys 84(7):3912–3918. https://doi.org/10.
1063/1.368595
Chen WJ, Tsai PJ, Chen YJ (2008) Functional Fe 3 O 4 /TiO 2 core/shell magnetic nanoparticles as
photokilling agents for pathogenic bacteria. Small 4:485–491. https://doi.org/10.1002/smll.
200701164
Chen ZX, Jin XY, Chen Z, Megharaj M, Naidu R (2011) Removal of methyl orange from aqueous
solution using bentonite-supported nanoscale zero-valent iron. J Colloid Interface Sci
363(2):601–607. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcis.2011.07.057
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