Coal fly ash (CFA)-an industrial solid waste-has tremendous potential to be used as a
starting material for development of valuable porous catalysts and adsorbents because of its …

Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are harmful to environment and human health. Catalytic
oxidation has been used in VOC abatement for over 60 years, and it has proven to be an …

The oxygen vacancy in MnO2 is normally proved as the reactive site for the catalytic
ozonation, and acquiring a highly reactive crystal facet with abundant oxygen vacancy by …

In this study, Ag deposited three-dimensional MnO2 porous hollow microspheres (Ag/MnO2
PHMSs) with high dispersion of the atom level Ag species are first prepared by a novel …

Solid wastes, fly ash, and bottom ash are generated from coal and biomass combustion. Fly
ash is mainly composed of various metal oxides and possesses higher thermal stability …

Publisher Summary This chapter presents a global view about the importance of the surface
chemistry to the major environmental applications of the carbons. As an introduction to this …

Abstract Sulfur-Containing Volatile Organic Compounds (S-VOCs) are notorious for global
air pollution due to their odorous characteristics and exhibiting adverse health effects …

Wood-based activated carbon was ground and mixed with 10% bentonite binders
containing either iron, zinc or copper cations adsorbed within the interlayer space and/or on …

In this overview, we present examples of the use of high volume waste materials in catalysis
or for catalyst synthesis. Waste materials derived from both industrial and biological sources …

The use of nitric-acid-activated fly ash (AFA), as heterogeneous Fenton-like catalyst for p-
nitrophenol (p-NP) removal from water, was investigated. The physicochemical …