Adsorption of aromatic organic contaminants by graphene nanosheets: Comparison with carbon nanotubes and activated carbon

Water Research

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1648-1654

  Apul, Onur Guven ^a   Wang, Qiliang ^a   Zhou, Yang ^a   Karanfil, Tanju ^a  

^a AMRL   (United States)

Author keywords

Activated carbon; Adsorption; Carbon nanotubes; Graphene; Natural organic matter; Synthetic organic contaminants

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; CARBON NANOTUBES; DEIONIZED WATER; GRAPHENE; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSHEETS; NANOTUBES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SINGLE-WALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (SWCN);

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; GRANULAR ACTIVATED CARBONS; GRAPHENE NANOSHEETS; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTERS; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; RIGID MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SINGLEWALLED CARBON NANOTUBE (SWCNT); SYNTHETIC ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN);

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENT; BIPHENYL; CARBON NANOTUBE; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NATURAL ORGANIC MATTER; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PHENANTHRENE; SINGLE WALLED NANOTUBE;

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORPTION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FULLERENE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HYDROPHOBICITY; ISOTHERM; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84873525395     PISSN: 00431354     EISSN: 18792448     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2012.12.031     Document Type: Article

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