Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (Volume 129, Pages 1-614, 17 January 2013)

  Editorial Board and About the Journal

      Publication Year: 2013, Page CO2

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  Editorial Board

      Publication Year: 2013, Page i

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  Continuous-flow photocatalytic treatment of pharmaceutical micropollutants: Activity, inhibition, and deactivation of TiO₂ photocatalysts in wastewater effluent
       Sean Carbonaro, Matthew N. Sugihara, Timothy J. Strathmann

       Publication Year: 2013, Pages 1-12

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  Transformation products and reaction kinetics in simulated solar light photocatalytic degradation of propranolol using Ce-doped TiO₂
       Javier Santiago-Morales, Ana Agüera, María del Mar Gómez, Amadeo R. Fernández-Alba, Jaime Giménez, Santiago Esplugas, Roberto Rosal

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 13-29

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  Promoting effect of calcium doping on the performances of MnOx/TiO2 catalysts for NO reduction with NH3 at low temperature
      Tingting Gu, Ruiben Jin, Yue Liu, Hongfeng Liu, Xiaole Weng, Zhongbiao Wu

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 30-38

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  Biodiesel production from Jatropha curcas crude oil using ZnO/SiO2 photocatalyst for free fatty acids esterification
      Grisel Corro, Umapada Pal, Nallely Tellez

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 39-47

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  Enhanced photoactivity of Cu-deposited titanate nanotubes for removal of bisphenol A
      Ruey-an Doong, Sue-min Chang, Chia-wei Tsai

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 48-55

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  Photocatalytic activity of Cu²⁺/TiO₂-coated cordierite foam inactivates bacteriophages and Legionella pneumophila
       Hitoshi Ishiguro, Yanyan Yao, Ryuichi Nakano, Masayuki Hara, Kayano Sunada, Kazuhito Hashimoto, Jitsuo Kajioka, Akira Fujishima, Yoshinobu Kubota

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 56-61

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  TiO₂ decoration of graphene layers for highly efficient photocatalyst: Impact of calcination at different gas atmosphere on photocatalytic efficiency
       Adel A. Ismail, R.A. Geioushy, Houcine Bouzid, Saleh A. Al-Sayari, Ali Al-Hajry, Detlef W. Bahnemann

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 62-70

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  Chemometric assessment and investigation of mechanism involved in photo-Fenton and TiO₂ photocatalytic degradation of the artificial sweetener sucralose in aqueous media
      P. Calza, V.A. Sakkas, C. Medana, A.D. Vlachou, F. Dal Bello, T.A. Albanis

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 71-79

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  One-pot synthesis of In₂S₃ nanosheets/graphene composites with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity
      Xiaoqiang An, Jimmy C. Yu, Feng Wang, Chuanhao Li, Yecheng Li

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 80-88

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  Photocatalytic degradation of 2,4,6-tribromophenol over Fe-doped ZnIn2S4: Stable activity and enhanced debromination
      Bo Gao, Lifen Liu, Jiadong Liu, Fenglin Yang

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 89-97

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  Total oxidation of naphthalene using palladium nanoparticles supported on BETA, ZSM-5, SAPO-5 and alumina powders
       Francisco J. Varela-Gandía, Ángel Berenguer-Murcia, Dolores Lozano-Castelló, Diego Cazorla-Amorós, David R. Sellick, Stuart H. Taylor

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 98-105

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  Highly visible-light active nanoporous TiO2 photocatalysts for efficient solar photocatalytic applications
      Hyun Uk Lee, Soon Chang Lee, Sae Hae Choi, Byoungchul Son, Soo Jae Lee, Hae Jin Kim, Jouhahn Lee

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 106-113

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  TiO₂-photocatalyzed transformation of the recalcitrant X-ray contrast agent diatrizoate
      Matthew N. Sugihara, Diane Moeller, Tias Paul, Timothy J. Strathmann

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 114-122

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  Adsorptive denitrogenation of model fuels with porous metal-organic frameworks (MOFs): Effect of acidity and basicity of MOFs
      Imteaz Ahmed, Zubair Hasan, Nazmul Abedin Khan, Sung Hwa Jhung

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 123-129

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  Removal of arsenite by coupled electrocatalytic oxidation at polymer–ruthenium oxide nanocomposite and polymer-assisted liquid phase retention
      Juan Francisco Rivera, Christophe Bucher, Eric Saint-Aman, Bernabé L. Rivas, María del Carmen Aguirre, Julio Sanchez, Isabelle Pignot-Paintrand, Jean-Claude Moutet

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 130-136

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  Citric acid loading for MoS2-based catalysts supported on SBA-15. New catalytic materials with high hydrogenolysis ability in hydrodesulfurization
       Diego Valencia, Tatiana Klimova

       Publication Year: 2013, Pages 137-145

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  Surface reconstruction enhancing activity of Pt/C for formic acid electrooxidation by ultrasonic mixing with Pb/C and electrochemical activation process
      Xiao Zhao, Jianbing Zhu, Liang Liang, Chenyang Li, Changpeng Liu, Wei Xing

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 146-152

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  Sulfate radicals induced degradation of tetrabromobisphenol A with nanoscaled magnetic CuFe₂O₄ as a heterogeneous catalyst of peroxymonosulfate
      Yaobin Ding, Lihua Zhu, Nan Wang, Heqing Tang

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 153-162

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  The graphene-supported palladium and palladium–yttrium nanoparticles for the oxygen reduction and ethanol oxidation reactions: Experimental measurement and computational validation
      Min Ho Seo, Sung Mook Choi, Joon Kyo Seo, Seung Hyo Noh, Won Bae Kim, Byungchan Han

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 163-171

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  Catalytic performance of MnOx–NiO composite oxide in lean methane combustion at low temperature
       Yagang Zhang, Zhangfeng Qin, Guofu Wang, Huaqing Zhu, Mei Dong, Shuna Li, Zhiwei Wu, Zhikai Li, Zhonghua Wu, Jing Zhang, Tiandou Hu, Weibin Fan, Jianguo Wang

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 172-181

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  Novel visible-light-driven AgX/graphite-like C3N4 (X = Br, I) hybrid materials with synergistic photocatalytic activity
      Hui Xu, Jia Yan, Yuanguo Xu, Yanhua Song, Huaming Li, Jiexiang Xia, Chuanjing Huang, Huilin Wan

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 182-193

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  Highly efficient bacteria inactivation and phenol degradation by visible light irradiated iodine doped TiO2
       G. Veréb, L. Manczinger, A. Oszkó, A. Sienkiewicz, L. Forró, K. Mogyorósi, A. Dombi, K. Hernádi

       Publication Year: 2013, Pages 194-201

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  Study on the effect of metal types in (Me)-Al-MCM-41 on the mesoporous structure and catalytic behavior during the vapor-catalyzed co-pyrolysis of pubescens and LDPE
       Wen-Wu Liu, Chang-Wei Hu, Yu Yang, Dong-Mei Tong, Liang-Fang Zhu, Rui-Nan Zhang, Bo-Han Zhao

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 202-213

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  The impact of aging environment on the evolution of Al₂O₃ supported Pt nanoparticles and their NO oxidation activity
       Santhosh Kumar Matam, Evgenii V. Kondratenko, Myriam H. Aguirre, Paul Hug, Daniel Rentsch, Alexander Winkler, Anke Weidenkaff, Davide Ferri

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 214-224

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  Promoted activity of sulphated Ce/Zr mixed oxides for chlorinated VOC oxidative abatement
      B. de Rivas, C. Sampedro, M. García-Real, R. López-Fonseca, J.I. Gutiérrez-Ortiz

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 225-235

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  Catalytic decomposition of polystyrene. The role of acid and basic active centers
       M. Marczewski, E. Kamińska, H. Marczewska, M. Godek, G. Rokicki, J. Sokołowski

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 236-246

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  Oxidative removal of phenol from water catalyzed by nickel hydroxide
       Muhammad Saeed, Mohammad Ilyas

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 247-254

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  Synthesis of g-C₃N₄/SmVO₄ composite photocatalyst with improved visible light photocatalytic activities in RhB degradation
      Tingting Li, Leihong Zhao, Yiming He, Jun Cai, Mengfei Luo, Jianjun Lin

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 255-263

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  New insight about orange II elimination by characterization of spent activated carbon/Fe Fenton-like catalysts
      Filipa Duarte, Francisco J. Maldonado-Hódar, Luis M. Madeira

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 264-272

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  Platinum oxide formation and reduction during NO oxidation on a diesel oxidation catalyst—Macrokinetic simulation Review Article
      K. Hauff, H. Dubbe, U. Tuttlies, G. Eigenberger, U. Nieken

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 273-281

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  Effects of silica coating on photocatalytic reactions of anatase titanium dioxide studied by quantitative detection of reactive oxygen species
      Junichi Oguma, Yusuke Kakuma, Seigo Murayama, Yoshio Nosaka

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 282-286

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  Au/ZrO₂: an efficient and reusable catalyst for the oxidative esterification of renewable furfural
      M. Signoretto, F. Menegazzo, L. Contessotto, F. Pinna, M. Manzoli, F. Boccuzzi

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 287-293

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  Facile synthesis of hierarchically meso/nanoporous s- and c-codoped TiO2 and its high photocatalytic efficiency in H2 generation
      Hongwei Bai, Keith Shan Yao Kwan, Zhaoyang Liu, Xiaoxiao Song, Siew Siang Lee, Darren Delai Sun

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 294-300

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  Catalytic degradation of tobacco-specific nitrosamines by ferric zeolite
      Wei Gang Lin, Yu Zhou, Fang Na Gu, Shi Lu Zhou, Jian Hua Zhu

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 301-308

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  Inactivation by solar photo-Fenton in pet bottles of wild enteric bacteria of natural well water: Absence of re-growth after one week of subsequent storage
      J. Ndounla, D. Spuhler, S. Kenfack, J. Wéthé, C. Pulgarin

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 309-317

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  Fast purification of air from diethyl sulfide with nanosized TiO2 aerosol
      Alexander V. Vorontsov, Alexey S. Besov, Valentin N. Parmon

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 318-324

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  Superoxide radical driving the activation of persulfate by magnetite nanoparticles: Implications for the degradation of PCBs
      Guo-Dong Fang, Dionysios D. Dionysiou, Souhail R. Al-Abed, Dong-Mei Zhou

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 325-332

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  Bi₂O₃ quantum dots decorated anatase TiO₂ nanocrystals with exposed {0 0 1} facets on graphene sheets for enhanced visible-light photocatalytic performance
      Jungang Hou, Chao Yang, Zheng Wang, Shuqiang Jiao, Hongmin Zhu

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 333-341

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  Sulfonic acid functionalized mesoporous SBA-15 catalysts for biodiesel production
      Donghua Zuo, James Lane, Dan Culy, Michael Schultz, Allison Pullar, Michael Waxman

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 342-350

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  A preliminary research on V/N–TiO₂ self-cleaning thin film by sol–gel method under the guidance of first principle method density functional theory (DFT)
      MaoMeng Wu, Hao Yu, Meng Xu

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 351-366

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  Preparation of graphitic mesoporous carbon for the simultaneous detection of hydroquinone and catechol
      Xiaoli Yuan, Dingsheng Yuan, Fulong Zeng, Wujun Zou, Fotini Tzorbatzoglou, Panagiotis Tsiakaras, Yi Wang

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 367-374

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  Enhancement of oxygen reduction reaction on PtAu nanoparticles via CO induced surface Pt enrichment
       Hee-Young Park, Tae-Yeol Jeon, Jong Hyun Jang, Sung Jong Yoo, Kwang-Hyun Choi, Namgee Jung, Yung-Hoon Chung, Minje Ahn, Yong-Hun Cho, Kug-Seung Lee, Yung-Eun Sung

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 375-381

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  Stabilization mechanism and crystallographic sites of Ru in Fe-promoted barium hexaaluminate under high-temperature condition for N2O decomposition
      Yan Zhang, Xiaodong Wang, Yanyan Zhu, Tao Zhang

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 382-393

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  Efficient anchorage of highly dispersed and ultrafine palladium nanoparticles on the water-soluble phosphonate functionalized multiwall carbon nanotubes
      Min Zheng, Pan Li, Gengtao Fu, Yu Chen, Yiming Zhou, Yawen Tang, Tianhong Lu

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 394-402

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  A promising new photocatalyst CdSnO₃·3H₂O for air purification under ambient condition
       Yibin Chen, Danzhen Li, Jing Chen, Jinxiu Wang, Sugang Meng, Jiangjun Xian, Xianzhi Fu, Yu Shao

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 403-408

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  Removal of 4-chlorophenol from wastewater: Preparation, characterization and photocatalytic activity of alkaline earth oxide doped TiO₂
       Gulin Selda Pozan, Ayca Kambur

       Publication Year: 2013, Pages 409-415

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  Microreactors based on CuO–CeO₂/zeolite films synthesized onto brass microgrids for the oxidation of CO
      Nicolás C. Pérez, Eduardo E. Miró, Juan M. Zamaro

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 416-425

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  Liquid–solid heterogeneous synthesis of highly dispersed and PdPt surface enriched PdPtCu/C as methanol tolerant oxygen reduction reaction catalysts
      Wei Li, Xinsheng Zhao, Thomas Cochell, Arumugam Manthiram

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 426-436

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  Mechanisms of catalytic ozonation: An investigation into superoxide ion radical and hydrogen peroxide formation during catalytic ozonation on alumina and zeolites in water
      Amir Ikhlaq, David R. Brown, Barbara Kasprzyk-Hordern

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 437-449

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  Transient studies of low-temperature dry reforming of methane over Ni-CaO/ZrO₂-La₂O₃
      B. Bachiller-Baeza, C. Mateos-Pedrero, M.A. Soria, A. Guerrero-Ruiz, U. Rodemerck, I. Rodríguez-Ramos

     Publication Year: 2013, Pages 450-459

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  Steam reforming of ethanol–phenol mixture on Ni/Al2O3: Effect of Ni loading and sulphur deactivation
      Gabriella Garbarino, Alberto Lagazzo, Paola Riani, Guido Busca

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 460-472

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  Fe³⁺ doped TiO₂ nanotubes for combined adsorption–sonocatalytic degradation of real textile wastewater
      Yean Ling Pang, Ahmad Zuhairi Abdullah

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 473-481

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  CdIn₂S₄ microsphere as an efficient visible-light-driven photocatalyst for bacterial inactivation: Synthesis, characterizations and photocatalytic inactivation mechanisms
      Wanjun Wang, Tsz Wai Ng, Wing Kei Ho, Jianhui Huang, Shijing Liang, Taicheng An, Guiying Li, Jimmy C. Yu, Po Keung Wong

       Publication Year: 2013, Pages 482-490

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  Selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxides by ammonia over Co3O4 nanocrystals with different shapes
      Bo Meng, Zongbin Zhao, Xuzhen Wang, Jingjing Liang, Jieshan Qiu

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 491-500

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  Modelling of the kinetics of the catalytic soot oxidation on Fe2O3
      Steffen Wagloehner, Sven Kureti

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 501-508

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  Catalytic oxidation of vinyl chloride emission over LaMnO₃ and LaB_0.2Mn_0.8O₃ (B = Co, Ni, Fe) catalysts
     Chuanhui Zhang, Chao Wang, Wangcheng Zhan, Yanglong Guo, Yun Guo, Guanzhong Lu, Alexandre Baylet, Anne Giroir-Fendler

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 509-516

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  The effect gas composition during thermal aging on the dispersion and NO oxidation activity over Pt/Al₂O₃ catalysts
      Xavier Auvray, Torben Pingel, Eva Olsson, Louise Olsson

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 517-527

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  Gas-phase hydrodeoxygenation of guaiacol over iron-based catalysts. Effect of gases composition, iron load and supports (silica and activated carbon)
       R. Olcese, M.M. Bettahar, B. Malaman, J. Ghanbaja, L. Tibavizco, D. Petitjean, A. Dufour

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 528-538

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  Three-dimensionally ordered macroporous Eu0.6Sr0.4FeO3 supported cobalt oxides: Highly active nanocatalysts for the combustion of toluene
      Kemeng Ji, Hongxing Dai, Jiguang Deng, Liyun Song, Baozu Gao, Yuan Wang, Xinwei Li

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 539-548

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  A high-efficiency microwave approach to synthesis of Bi-modified Pt nanoparticle catalysts for ethanol electro-oxidation in alkaline medium
      Yiyin Huang, Jindi Cai, Yonglang Guo

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 549-555

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  Influence of synthesis parameters on the performance of CeO₂–CuO and CeO₂–ZrO₂–CuO systems in the catalytic oxidation of CO in excess of hydrogen
      Elisa Moretti, Maurizio Lenarda, Piero Riello, Loretta Storaro, Aldo Talon, Romana Frattini, Alvaro Reyes-Carmona, Antonio Jiménez-López, Enrique Rodríguez-Castellón

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 556-565

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  Comparison of the photocatalytic efficiencies of bare and doped rutile and anatase TiO₂ photocatalysts under visible light for phenol degradation and E. coli inactivation
       G. Veréb, L. Manczinger, G. Bozsó, A. Sienkiewicz, L. Forró, K. Mogyorósi, K. Hernádi, A. Dombi

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 566-574

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  New concepts for process intensification in the conversion of glycerol carbonate to glycidol
      C.L. Bolívar-Diaz, V. Calvino-Casilda, F. Rubio-Marcos, J.F. Fernández, M.A. Bañares

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 575-579

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  Catalytic combustion of chlorobenzene over Ru-doped ceria catalysts: Mechanism study
      Qiguang Dai, Shuxing Bai, Xingyi Wang, Guanzhong Lu

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 580-588

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  Photocatalytic decomposition of pharmaceutical ibuprofen pollutions in water over titania catalyst
      J. Choina, H. Kosslick, Ch. Fischer, G.-U. Flechsig, L. Frunza, A. Schulz

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 589-598

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  Photocatalytic reduction of carbon dioxide to formic acid, formaldehyde, and methanol using dye-sensitized TiO2 film
      Guohui Qin, Yue Zhang, Xuebin Ke, Xinli Tong, Zhe Sun, Mao Liang, Song Xue

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 599-605

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  Fabrication of CNTs and GP/AuGP modified TiO2 photocatalyst with two-channel electron conduction path for significantly enhanced photocatalytic activity
      Wei Wang, Chunhua Lu, Yaru Ni, Zhongzi Xu

      Publication Year: 2013, Pages 606-613

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  Outside Back Cover

       Publication Year: 2013, Page CO4

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Applied Catalysis B: Environmental (Volume 129, Pages 1-614, 17 January 2013)