Engineered biochar from biofuel residue: Characterization and its silver removal potential

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 10634-10640

  Yao, Ying ^a,b   Gao, Bin ^b   Wu, Feng ^a   Zhang, Cunzhong ^a   Yang, Liuyan ^c  

^a BEIJING INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

biochar; biofuel residue; engineered carbon; nanocomposite; silver

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; BIOFUELS; CARBON; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METAL IONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER; SOLUTIONS; SORPTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTIMICROBIAL ABILITY; BIO CHARS; ENGINEERED BIOCHAR; ETHANOL PRODUCTION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SILVER SORPTION; SURFACE ADSORPTION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BIOCHAR; BIOFUEL; CHARCOAL; SILVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; BACTERIAL PHENOMENA AND FUNCTIONS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HEATING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; PROCEDURES; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; BIOFUELS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHARCOAL; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEATING; MATERIALS TESTING; PARTICLE SIZE; SILVER; ULTRAFILTRATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 84930224960     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b03131     Document Type: Article

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