Enhanced Adsorption of Hydroxyl- and Amino-Substituted Aromatic Chemicals to Nitrogen-Doped Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes: A Combined Batch and Theoretical Calculation Study

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 50, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 899-905

  Zuo, Linzi ^a   Guo, Yong ^b   Li, Xiao ^a   Fu, Heyun ^a   Qu, Xiaolei ^a   Zheng, Shourong ^a   Gu, Cheng ^a   Zhu, Dongqiang ^a,c   Alvarez, Pedro J J ^d  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Rice University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; CHEMICALS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DOPING (ADDITIVES); INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); MULTIWALLED CARBON NANOTUBES (MWCN); NANOTUBES; NAPHTHALENE; NAPHTHOL; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PH EFFECTS; PORE SIZE; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE DEFECTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); YARN;

CARBON NANO-MATERIALS; DENSITY FUNCTION THEORY CALCULATIONS; ELECTRON DONOR ACCEPTORS; ENHANCED ADSORPTIONS; ENHANCEMENT MECHANISM; HYDROPHILIC SURFACES; SUBSTITUTED AROMATIC; THEORETICAL CALCULATIONS;

ADSORPTION;

1 NAPHTHALMINE; 1,3 DINITROBENZENE; 2 NAPHTHOL; AMINE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; HYDROXYL GROUP; MULTI WALLED NANOTUBE; NAPHTHALENE; NITROGEN; PYRIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; CARBON NANOTUBE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; AMINO ACID; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; ELECTRON; FULLERENE; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NANOPARTICLE; ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLARIZATION; PORE SPACE; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE AREA;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BATCH PROCESS; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; HYDROPHILICITY; MORPHOLOGY; PH; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE PROPERTY; THEORETICAL STUDY; WATER VAPOR; CHEMISTRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; HYDROXYL RADICAL; NANOTUBES, CARBON; NITROGEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84955478736     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.est.5b04980     Document Type: Article

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