Application of graphitic carbon nitride for the removal of Pb(II) and aniline from aqueous solutions

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 260, Issue , 2015, Pages 469-477

  Hu, Rui ^a,b   Wang, Xiangke ^a,c   Dai, Songyuan ^a   Shao, Dadong ^b   Hayat, Tasawar ^c,d   Alsaedi, Ahmed ^c  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Aniline; Graphitic carbon nitride; Pb(II); Sorption

Indexed keywords

SORPTION;

GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDES;

ANILINE;

EID: 84907486486     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.09.013     Document Type: Article

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