Nitrogen-rich and fire-resistant carbon aerogels for the removal of oil contaminants from water

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 6351-6360

  Yang, Yu ^a   Tong, Zhen ^a   Ngai, To ^b   Wang, Chaoyang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

absorbents; carbon aerogels; environmental chemistry; fire resistance; Pickering emulsions; template synthesis

Indexed keywords

CARBON; DROPS; FABRICATION; FIRE RESISTANCE; MICROMETERS; NITROGEN; SEPARATION; STRIPPING (DYES); WATER POLLUTION;

ABSORBENTS; CARBON AEROGELS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY; PICKERING EMULSIONS; TEMPLATE SYNTHESIS;

AEROGELS;

CARBON; GEL; NITROGEN; OIL; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHEMISTRY; FIRE; GEL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER POLLUTANT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CARBON; FIRES; GELS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITROGEN; OILS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS, RAMAN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84900871644     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5016342     Document Type: Conference Paper

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