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. 2019 Sep 22;24(19):3438. doi: 10.3390/molecules24193438

Table 1.

List of target pollutants used in ozonation processes catalysed by graphene-based materials. Rate constants of reactions with ozone, kD, and hydroxyl radical, kHO *.

Family Compound kD, M−1s−1 a Reference kHO, M−1s−1 b Reference
Phenols Bisphenol A 2.5 × 106 [97] 7.2 × 109 [98]
o-chlorophenol 2.7 × 106 [99] 1.2 × 1010 [8]
p-nitrophenol 4.5 × 106 [100] 3.8 × 109 [8]
Phenol 1.8 × 106 [93] 1.3 × 1010 [8]
Pharmaceuticals Acetylsalicylic acid N.A. - 5 × 109 [101]
Benzotriazole 18.4(pH 2) [102] 1.7 × 1010 (pH = 2) [102]
22.0(pH 5) 6.2 × 109 (pH = 10)
Diphenhydramine N.A. - 5.4 × 109 [103]
Cefixime N.A. - N.A. -
Ibuprofen 9.6 [104] 7.4 × 109 [104]
Iopromide <0.8 [104] 3.3 × 109 [104]
Primidone 3.1 [105] 6.7 × 109 [106]
Sulfamethoxazole 2.65 × 105 (pH 2) [107] 8.5 × 109 [108]
4.15 × 105
Low molecular weight carboxylic acids Acetic acid <5 × 10−5 [93] 7.9 × 107 [8]
Formic acid 100 [93] 3.2 × 109 [8]
Oxalic acid <0.04 [93] 7.7 × 106 [8]
Others Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) 0.092 [109] 4.64 × 109 [109]
N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) 0.127 [110] 4.95 × 109 [111]
p-chlorobenzoic acid (p-HBA) <0.15 [112] 5 × 109 [113]
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) N.A. <105 [114]

* pH 7 unless indicated. a Rate constant of ozone direct reaction. b Rate constant of hydroxyl radical reaction. N.A. Not available.