Hierarchically porous silicon-carbon-nitrogen hybrid materials towards highly efficient and selective adsorption of organic dyes

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Meng, Lala ^a   Zhang, Xiaofei ^a   Tang, Yusheng ^a   Su, Kehe ^a   Kong, Jie ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COLORING AGENT; NITROGEN; SILICON;

ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY;

ADSORPTION; CARBON; COLORING AGENTS; NITROGEN; SILICON;

EID: 84923100461     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep07910     Document Type: Article

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