The kinetics and QSAR of abiotic reduction of mononitro aromatic compounds catalyzed by activated carbon

Abiotic reduction of trifluralin and pendimethalin by sulfides in black-carbon-amended coastal sediments

“…Recent studies have demonstrated that BCs such as activated carbon, graphite and charcoal could significantly accelerate the abiotic reduction of NACs in the presence of reductants, in addition to their strong sorption capacity to the NACs [33][34][35]. Our previous studies found that the abiotic reduction of various substituted nitrobenzenes by sulfides was enhanced by 9 types of charcoals [36,37], 3 types of biochars produced from crop residues [38], and coconut shell-based activated carbon [39]. Oh et al [40] reported that two biochars produced from poultry and wastewater biosolids could promote the reductive removal of dinitro herbicides in the presence of dithiothreitol.…”