Photocatalytic degradation of 2,4,4′-trichlorobiphenyl into long-chain alkanes using Ag nanoparticle decorated flower-like ZnO microspheres?

New Journal of Chemistry Pub Date: 2015-05-12 DOI: 10.1039/C5NJ00343A

Abstract

Toxic 2,4,4′-trichlorobiphenyl (PCB28) was photocatalytically degraded by the action of Ag nanoparticle decorated nanosheet-assembled ZnO microspheres via a new photocatalytic degradation pathway. The outright degradation into long-chain alkanes via ring-opening reactions was demonstrated by gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.

Graphical abstract: Photocatalytic degradation of 2,4,4′-trichlorobiphenyl into long-chain alkanes using Ag nanoparticle decorated flower-like ZnO microspheres
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