Joule-heated graphene-wrapped sponge enables fast clean-up of viscous crude-oil spill

Nature Nanotechnology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 434-440

  Ge, Jin ^a   Shi, Lu An ^a   Wang, Yong Chao ^b   Zhao, Hao Yu ^a   Yao, Hong Bin ^a   Zhu, Yin Bo ^b   Zhang, Ye ^a   Zhu, Hong Wu ^a   Wu, Heng An ^b   Yu, Shu Hong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; HYDROPHOBICITY; OIL SPILLS; SORBENTS; SORPTION; VISCOSITY;

GLOBAL CHALLENGES; OIL RECOVERIES; OIL SORPTION; OLEOPHILIC; VISCOUS CRUDE OIL;

CRUDE OIL;

PETROLEUM; SORBENT;

ARTICLE; CENTRIFUGATION; CLEANING; DEVICE MATERIAL; HEAT TOLERANCE; HEAT TRANSFER; HYDROPHOBICITY; JOULE HEATED GRAPHENE WRAPPED SPONGE; KINETICS; MATERIAL COATING; OIL SPILL; TEMPERATURE; VISCOSITY;

EID: 85016979548     PISSN: 17483387     EISSN: 17483395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2017.33     Document Type: Article

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