Enhanced adsorptive degradation of Congo red in aqueous solutions using polyaniline/Fe0 composite nanofibers

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 260, Issue , 2015, Pages 716-729

  Bhaumik, Madhumita ^a   McCrindle, Rob I ^a   Maity, Arjun ^b,c  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b DSI CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Composite; Iron(0); Kinetics; Reductive degradation

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ENZYME KINETICS;

COMPOSITE NANOFIBERS; CONGO RED; REDUCTIVE DEGRADATIONS;

ADSORPTION;

EID: 84907487472     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.09.014     Document Type: Article

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