Carbon nanotubes as adsorbents in environmental pollution management: A review

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 170, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 395-410

  Ren, Xuemei ^a   Chen, Changlun ^a,b   Nagatsu, Masaaki ^b   Wang, Xiangke ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Carbon nanotubes; Inorganic pollutants; Organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; GAS STREAMS; INORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PRE-CONCENTRATION; RESEARCH TRENDS;

ADSORPTION; CARBON NANOTUBES; SOLUTIONS; WASTEWATER;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EID: 79957450858     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2010.08.045     Document Type: Review

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