Adsorption and desorption of U(VI) on functionalized graphene oxides: A combined experimental and theoretical study

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2015, Pages 4255-4262

  Sun, Yubing ^a,d   Yang, Shubin ^a   Chen, Yue ^c   Ding, Congcong ^b   Cheng, Wencai ^b   Wang, Xiangke ^a  

^a NORTH CHINA ELECTRIC POWER UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PLASMA PHYSICS   (China)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BINDING ENERGY; COMPLEXATION; GRAPHENE; ISOMERS; OXIDE MINERALS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; URANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION AND DESORPTIONS; ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; DESORPTION KINETICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; ISOTHERMAL ADSORPTION; SURFACE COMPLEXATION MODELING; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

DESORPTION;

CARBOXYL GROUP; FERRIC OXIDE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; URANIUM; GRAPHITE; OXIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; COMPLEXATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PH; RADIONUCLIDE; URANIUM;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESORPTION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOURIER TRANSFORMATION; HEAVY METAL REMOVAL; IONIC STRENGTH; PH; POLLUTION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REACTION TIME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SYNCHROTRON RADIATION; SYNTHESIS; THEORETICAL STUDY; ZETA POTENTIAL; CHEMISTRY; KINETICS; THEORETICAL MODEL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; GRAPHITE; KINETICS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; OXIDES; URANIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84926431930     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es505590j     Document Type: Article

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