Fabrication and applications of ceramic nanofibers in water remediation: A review

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 500-534

  Malwal, Deepika ^a   Gopinath, P ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY ROORKEE   (India)

Author keywords

adsorption; ceramic nanofibers; Electrospinning; photocatalysis; water remediation

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CATALYSIS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; CERAMIC MEMBRANES; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROSPINNING; FABRICATION; NANOFIBERS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLLUTION; SPINNING (FIBERS); WATER CONSERVATION; WATER TREATMENT;

CERAMIC NANOFIBERS; ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; ELONGATED STRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER REMEDIATION; WATER TREATMENT PROCESS;

WATER POLLUTION;

BIOCERAMICS; CERAMIC NANOFIBER; NANOFIBER; PEROVSKITE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; CATALYSIS; CERAMICS; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; LITERATURE REVIEW; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; POROUS MEDIUM; REMEDIATION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

ADSORPTION; BIOREMEDIATION; CONDUCTANCE; ELECTROSPINNING; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMIDITY; HYDROLYSIS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NANOFABRICATION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; REVIEW; SOLID STATE; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE TENSION; THICKNESS; VISCOSITY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84960221173     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2015.1109913     Document Type: Review

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