3D white graphene foam scavengers: Vesicant-assisted foaming boosts the gram-level yield and forms hierarchical pores for superstrong pollutant removal applications

NPG Asia Materials

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Zhao, Huijie ^a,b   Song, Xiufeng ^a   Zeng, Haibo ^a,b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BORON NITRIDE; CERAMIC FOAMS; CERAMIC MATERIALS; GRAPHENE; POLLUTION; STORM SEWERS;

ADSORPTION ABILITY; ENVIRONMENT CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; HEXAGONAL BORON NITRIDE (H-BN); HIERARCHICAL PORES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) NANOSTRUCTURES; TWO-DIMENSIONAL (2D) CRYSTALS; VESICULAR STRUCTURE;

GAS FOAMING;

EID: 84991000981     PISSN: 18844049     EISSN: 18844057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/am.2015.8     Document Type: Article

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