Preparation of carbon microstructures by thermal treatment of thermosetting/thermoplastic polymers and their application in water purification

Micro and Nano Letters

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 918-922

  Wang, Xianbiao ^a,b   Liu, Jin ^a   Xu, Wenzong ^a   Cao, Tian ^a   Song, Xiaojie ^a   Cheng, Congliang ^a  

^a ANHUI JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION PERFORMANCE; CARBON MATERIAL; CARBON MICROSTRUCTURES; CARBON SPHERES; CARBON-BASED; CARBONISATION; CONTAMINATED WATER; FURFURYL ALCOHOL; HARD TEMPLATES; METHYLENE BLUE; POROUS CARBONS; THERMAL PYROLYSIS; WATER PURIFICATION;

ADSORPTION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON; CARBONIZATION; HEAT TREATMENT; MICROSTRUCTURE; POLYSTYRENES; SPHERES; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THERMOSETS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS;

POLYMERS;

ADSORBENT; CARBON; FURFURYL ALCOHOL; METHYLENE BLUE; POLYMER; POLYSTYRENE; SURFACTANT;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; POLYMERIZATION; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE; ULTRASOUND; WATER MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84867168996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2012.0477     Document Type: Article

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