ZnO hollow microspheres with exposed porous nanosheets surface: Structurally enhanced adsorption towards heavy metal ions

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 422, Issue , 2013, Pages 199-205

  Wang, Xianbiao ^a,b   Cai, Weiping ^a   Liu, Shengwen ^a   Wang, Guozhong ^a   Wu, Zhikun ^a   Zhao, Huijun ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF SOLID STATE PHYSICS   (China)

^b ANHUI JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Electronegativity dependence; Standing porous nanosheet built ZnO hollow micro spheres; Structurally enhanced adsorption

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENTS; ADSORPTION; AGGLOMERATION; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL BONDS; COPPER; ELECTRONEGATIVITY; LEAD; METAL IONS; NANOSHEETS; POSITIVE IONS; SURFACES; WATER POLLUTION;

ADSORPTION BEHAVIOR; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; CONTAMINATED WATER; ENHANCED ADSORPTIONS; FREUNDLICH MODELS; FUNCTIONALIZED; HEAVY METAL CATIONS; HIGH EFFICIENT; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; HIGH STABILITY; HOLLOW MICROSPHERE; HYDROTHERMAL ROUTES; LANGMUIR MODELS; NANO POWDERS; REMOVAL OF HEAVY METAL IONS; SURFACE ACTIVITIES; WEAK ACIDITY; ZNO;

ZINC OXIDE;

CADMIUM; COPPER ION; LEAD; MICROSPHERE; NICKEL; ZINC OXIDE;

ACIDITY; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84874729732     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.01.031     Document Type: Article

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