Sorptive removal of ionizable antibiotic sulfamethazine from aqueous solution by graphene oxide-coated biochar nanocomposites: Influencing factors and mechanism

Chemosphere

Volumn 186, Issue , 2017, Pages 414-421

  Huang, Danlian ^a   Wang, Xi ^a   Zhang, Chen ^a   Zeng, Guangming ^a   Peng, Zhiwei ^a   Zhou, Jin ^b   Cheng, Min ^a   Wang, Rongzhong ^a   Hu, Zhengxun ^a   Qin, Xiang ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Quality Supervision Test Center for Forest Products of Hunan   (China)

Author keywords

Aging; Biochar; Graphene oxide; Sorption; Sulfamethazine

Indexed keywords

AGING OF MATERIALS; ANTIBIOTICS; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; HYDROGEN BONDS; IONIC STRENGTH; NANOCOMPOSITES; SORPTION; SURFACE MOUNT TECHNOLOGY;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENTS; BIO CHARS; ELECTRON DONOR ACCEPTORS; FREUNDLICH ISOTHERM; HYDROGEN BONDING INTERACTIONS; SORPTION CAPACITIES; SORPTION MECHANISM; SULFAMETHAZINE;

ADSORPTION;

BIOCHAR; CARBON; GRAPHENE OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; SULFADIMIDINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHARCOAL; GRAPHITE; OXIDE;

ANTIBIOTICS; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CHARCOAL; CHEMICAL BONDING; HYDROGEN; ION EXCHANGE; ISOTHERM; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; SORPTION;

AGING; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; ELECTRON; HYDROGEN BOND; IONIC STRENGTH; ISOTHERM; PH; ADSORPTION; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; OSMOLARITY; PROCEDURES; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADSORPTION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHARCOAL; GRAPHITE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; OXIDES; SULFAMETHAZINE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION;

EID: 85026907270     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2017.07.154     Document Type: Article

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