Catalyst Support Materials for Prominent Mineralization of Bisphenol a in Catalytic Ozonation

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Catalyst support materials for prominent mineralization of bisphenol A in catalytic ozonation process

Magda Cotman*, Bostjan Erjavec, Petar Djinović and Albin Pintar

Laboratory for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, National Institute of Chemistry,

Hajdrihova 19, SI-1001 Ljubljana, Slovenia

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Fig. S1. SEM micrographs of examined supports/catalysts: (a) γ-Al2O3, (b) θ/α-Al2O3, (c)

AlO(OH), (d) ASA, (e) β-zeolite, (f) 3.25 wt.% TiO2/γ-Al2O3 and (g) 3 wt.% Ru/γ-Al2O3. (h)

Energy selective backscattered image of 3 wt.% Ru/γ-Al2O3.

Fig. S2. SEM-EDX micrographs and element distribution maps of γ-Al2O3 supported TiO2

(3.25, 7.5 and 15 wt.% of TiO2).

Fig. S3. X-ray diffraction patterns of ASA, γ-Al2O3, TiO2/γ-Al2O3 (3.25, 7.5 and 15 wt.% of

TiO2) and 3 wt.% Ru/γ-Al2O3 solids. RuO2 diffraction peaks are marked with asterisk.

Fig. S4. X-ray diffraction patterns of (a) θ/α-Al2O3, (b) AlO(OH) and (c) β-zeolite.

*Corresponding author. Tel.: +386 1 47 60 468; fax: +386 1 47 60 460. E-mail address: [email protected] (M. Cotman). Fig. S1

2 3.25 wt.% TiO2/γ-Al2O3 7.5 wt.% TiO2/γ-Al2O3 15 wt.% TiO2/γ-Al2O3

SEM images

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4 a b c

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