Graphene and its nanocomposites as a platform for environmental applications

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 315, Issue , 2017, Pages 210-232

  Kumar, Vanish ^a   Kim, Ki Hyun ^a   Park, Jae Woo ^a   Hong, Jongki ^b   Kumar, Sandeep ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Composites; Graphene; Mechanism; Organic pollutants; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; GRAPHENE; MECHANISMS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

AQUEOUS SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; FUTURE CHALLENGES; PERFORMANCE VARIABLES; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; REGENERATION AND REUSE; SUPPORTED MATERIALS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EID: 85010223147     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.01.008     Document Type: Review

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