Preparation of Graphene Oxide-Based Hydrogels as Efficient Dye Adsorbents for Wastewater Treatment

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Guo, Haiying ^a   Jiao, Tifeng ^a,b   Zhang, Qingrui ^a   Guo, Wenfeng ^a   Peng, Qiuming ^a   Yan, Xuehai ^b  

^a YANSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Dye removal; Graphene oxide; Hydrogel; Nanostructures; Polymer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84934293497     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-015-0931-2     Document Type: Article

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