Highly efficient application of activated carbon as catalyst for wet peroxide oxidation

- Commercial ACs with different physico-chemical characteristics have been tested.
- The significant coverage of the AC surface by phenol is the approach studied.
- We report hydrogen peroxide efficiencies of around 100% in the CWPO of phenol.
- The removal of phenol takes place on the carbon surface and in liquid phase.
- The AC activity can be easily recovered by oxidative regeneration at 350 °C.