Mechanochemical conversion of brominated POPs into useful oxybromides: a greener approach

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 6; no. 1; p. 28394
• Main Authors: Cagnetta, Giovanni, Liu, Han, Zhang, Kunlun, Huang, Jun, Wang, Bin, Deng, Shubo, Wang, Yujue, Yu, Gang
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 21.06.2016; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 639/166/898; 639/301/930/1032; 704/172/169/896; Carbon; Chemicals; Electric properties; Humanities and Social Sciences; multidisciplinary; Photocatalysis; Pollutants; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Reagents; Science; Toxicity

Brominated organic pollutants are considered of great concern for their adverse effect on human health and the environment, so an increasing number of such compounds are being classified as persistent organic pollutants (POPs). Mechanochemical destruction is a promising technology for POPs safe disp...