Catalytic oxidation and photo-oxidation of nitrophenols by strong oxidants generated in situ via CuO-aerogel

✍ Scribed by Jayasundera Bandara; John Kiwi; Cesar Pulgarin; Gerard Pajonk

• Book ID: 103997719
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1996
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 547 KB
• Volume: 111
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1381-1169
• DOI: 10.1016/1381-1169(96)00212-9

✦ Synopsis

Nitrophenols have been catalytically degraded with high efficiency by a novel CuO-aerogel powder with a surface area (20 m*/g> having a high Cu(1) content. The reaction proceeds in acid media (room temperature) thermally and more efficiently under visible light and O,(air).