Unexpected intrinsic catalytic function of porous boron nitride nanorods for highly efficient peroxymonosulfate activation in water treatment

• Main Authors: Bao, Yueping, Yan, Weili, Sun, Ping-Ping, Zhu, Justin Yeow Seow, Lua, Shun Kuang, Lee, Wen Jie, Liang, Yen Nan, Lim, Teik-Thye, Xu, Jason Zhichuan, Zhou, Kun, Hu, Xiao
• Other Authors: School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2022
• Subjects: Engineering::Environmental engineering; Engineering::Materials; Boron Nitride; Peroxymonosulfate
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/162309
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Porous boron nitride (BN) nanorods, which were synthesized via a one-stage pyrolysis, exhibited excellent catalytic performance for organics' degradation via peroxymonosulfate (PMS) activation. The origin of the unexpected catalytic function of porous BN nanorods was proposed, in which non-radi...