Sorption of divalent metal ions from aqueous solution by carbon nanotubes: A review

By G. Rao, Chungsying Lu, Fengsheng Su. 2007

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Subfields: Biomedical Engineering, Materials Chemistry, Water Science and Technology

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Selective ion penetration of graphene oxide membranes. (2013, background): “Previous investigations on the sorption of heavy-metal ions from aqueous solutions by carbon nanotubes have suggested that the sorption processes are mainly attributed to the chemical interactions between the metal ions and the functional groups on the surfaces of the carbon nanotubes.(21)With respe”
Nitrogen-doped porous carbon spheres for highly efficient capacitive deionization (2015, background): “[11] in the early 1960s various carbonaceous materials including activated carbon [12–17], carbon nanofibers [18–21], carbon aerogel [11,22–25], mesoporous carbon [26–30], carbon nanotubes [31–37] and graphene [3,38] have been applied as CDI electrodes due to their high specific surface area, good c”
Removal of Heavy Metals from Wastewater Using Carbon Nanotubes (2014, background): “sorbed onto CNTs are very complicated and appear attributable to electrostatic attraction, sorption-precipitation and chemical interaction between the metal ions and the surface functional groups of CNTs (54).”
Multifunctional carbon nanotubes in water treatment: The present, past and future (2014, background): “It depicts that CNT has been widely used as excellent adsorbent media at first for multiple organic (detergents, insecticides, herbicides, fats, grease, volatile organic compounds, perchlorate, drug molecules, dyes and other organohalides), inorganic (heavy metals, ammonia, salts), and biological (b”
Adsorptive remediation of environmental pollutants using novel graphene-based nanomaterials (2013, background): “Among them, carbonaceous-based adsorbents including activated carbon, carbon nanotubes, and fullerene usually show high adsorption capacity and thermal stability [13–16].”
Nanoparticles as Adsorbent; A Positive Approach for Removal of Noxious Metal Ions: A Review (2015, background): “The removal of divalent metal ions (Cd, Cu, Ni, Pb and Zn) from aqueous solution using various kinds of CNTs have been studied (Rao et al., 2007).”
Study on the removal of heavy metal ions from industry waste by carbon nanotubes: Effect of the surface modification: a review (2016, background): “Nevertheless, within the last few years a diverse chemistry was developed to covalently modify the surface of CNTs (Figure 6 (Rao et al., 2007).”
Adsorption of graphene for the removal of inorganic pollutants in water purification: a review (2014, positive): “Among these techniques, adsorption is one of the most promising methods for the removal of pollutants because it is simple, highly effective and economical (Stafiej and Pyrzynska 2008; Rao et al. 2007).”
Adsorption of mercury ions from synthetic and real wastewater aqueous solution by functionalized multi-walled carbon nanotube with both amino and thiolated groups (2014, neutral): “On the other hand, in adsorption processes release of the water molecules produced by ion exchange reactions between the metal ion and the surface functional groups of the adsorbent can increase ΔS° [50].”
A Review of Removal of Pollutants from Water/Wastewater Using Different Types of Nanomaterials (2014, background): “Fast adsorption kinetics of CNTs is mainly due to the highly accessible adsorption sites and the short intraparticle diffusion distance [287].”