Study of the preparation of γ-Al2O3 nano-structured hierarchical hollow microspheres with a simple hydrothermal synthesis using methylene blue as structure directing agent and their adsorption enhancement for the dye

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 270, Issue , 2015, Pages 309-319

  Fang, Jimin ^a   Huang, Xiuyan ^a   Ouyang, Xue ^a   Wang, Xun ^b  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Adsorption property; Hydrothermal synthesis; Methylene blue; Structure directing agent; Al2O3

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; ADSORPTION ISOTHERMS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DYES; GAMMA RAYS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; KINETICS; MICROSPHERES; NANOSTRUCTURES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; ADSORPTION EQUILIBRIUM ISOTHERMS; ADSORPTION KINETICS; ADSORPTION PROPERTIES; LANGMUIR ADSORPTION MODEL; METHYLENE BLUE; PSEUDO SECOND ORDER KINETICS; STRUCTURE DIRECTING AGENTS;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 84923592932     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2015.02.020     Document Type: Article

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