title: Carbon nanotubes oxidized by a green method as efficient metal-free catalysts for nitroarene reduction.
abstract: Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) functionalized carbon nanotubes exhibited better catalytic performance than their nitric acid oxidized counterparts in the reduction of nitrobenzene. One important reason may be attributed to the notably less negative oxygenated groups on the surface of the former one.
authors.affiliation: Shenyang National Laboratory for Materials Science, Institute of Metal Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 72 Wenhua Road, Shenyang 110016, P. R. China. dssu@imr.ac.cn.
authors.forename: Shuchang
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Guodong
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wen
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Schlögl
authors.forename: Dang Sheng
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Su