Role of nanomaterials in water treatment applications: A review

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 306, Issue , 2016, Pages 1116-1137

  Santhosh, Chella ^a   Velmurugan, Venugopal ^b   Jacob, George ^b   Jeong, Soon Kwan ^c   Grace, Andrews Nirmala ^b   Bhatnagar, Amit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^b VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Antibacterial activity; Nanomaterials; Photocatalyst; Water treatment

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL WATER TREATMENT; FILTRATION; FLOTATION; ION EXCHANGE; MICROFILTRATION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER FILTRATION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; MEMBRANE FILTRATIONS; TOXIC CONTAMINANTS; VARIOUS TECHNOLOGIES; WATER DECONTAMINATION; WATER REMEDIATION;

WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84989350536     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.08.053     Document Type: Review

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