Adsorption mechanism of emerging and conventional phenolic compounds on graphene oxide nanoflakes in water

Autor: Yang-hsin Shih, Basavaraju Manu, Ming-Han Ou, Hepsiba Niruba Catherine
Rok vydání: 2018
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Zdroj: The Science of the total environment. 635
ISSN: 1879-1026
Popis: Emerging contaminants (ECs) such as bisphenol A (BPA), 4-nonylphenol (4-NP) and tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) have gained immense attention worldwide due to their potential threat to humans and environment. Graphene oxide (GO) nanomaterial is considered as an important sorbent due to its exceptional range of environmental application owing to its unique properties. GO was also considered as one of ECs because of its potential hazard. The adsorption of organic contaminants such as phenolic ECs on GO affects the stability of GO nanoflakes in water and the fate of organic contaminants, which would cause further environmental risk. Therefore, the adsorption behaviors of emerging and common phenolic compounds (PCs) including phenol, 4-chlorophenol, 2,4-dichlorophenol, 2,4,6-trichlorophenol, 4-NP, BPA and TBBPA on GO nanoflakes and their stability in water were studied. The adsorption equilibrium for all the compounds was reached
Databáze: OpenAIRE