Facile synthesis and applications of carbon nanotubes in heavy-metal remediation and biomedical fields: a comprehensive review

RB Onyancha, UO Aigbe, KE Ukhurebor… - Journal of Molecular …, 2021 - Elsevier
Carbon nanotubes (CNTs) have drawn great attention due to the rich science underpinning
their applications coupled with a unique combination of properties like large aspect ratios …

Carbon derived nanomaterials for the sorption of heavy metals from aqueous solution: a review

UO Aigbe, OA Osibote - Environmental Nanotechnology, Monitoring & …, 2021 - Elsevier
In many parts of the world, clean water has become a useful resource owing to an increase
in the human population, industrialization, and civilization expansion. But, civilization …

Facile Synthesis of Three-Dimensional Mg–Al Layered Double Hydroxide/Partially Reduced Graphene Oxide Nanocomposites for the Effective Removal of Pb2+ from …

GBB Varadwaj, OA Oyetade, S Rana… - … applied materials & …, 2017 - ACS Publications
A series of three-dimensional (3D) porous nanocomposites, comprised of partially reduced
graphene oxide (pRGO) and CO32–containing Mg–Al layered double hydroxide, were …

Efficient electrochemical reduction of CO2 to ethanol on Cu nanoparticles decorated on N-doped graphene oxide catalysts

J Yuan, MP Yang, WY Zhi, H Wang, H Wang… - Journal of CO2 …, 2019 - Elsevier
Efficient electrochemical reduction of CO 2 to ethanol is a promising approach for obtaining
high-density renewable energy storage and relieving environment stress. In this paper, we …

Application of as-synthesised MCM-41 and MCM-41 wrapped with reduced graphene oxide/graphene oxide in the remediation of acetaminophen and aspirin from …

SO Akpotu, B Moodley - Journal of environmental management, 2018 - Elsevier
In this study, ASM41 (as-synthesised MCM-41), MCM-41, MCM-41 encapsulated with
graphene oxide (MCM-41-GO) and reduced graphene oxide (MCM-41-G) were fabricated …

Chemically modified polysaccharides for hexavalent chromium adsorption

ME González-López… - Separation & …, 2021 - Taylor & Francis
Over the last decades, adsorption has emerged as a potential separation process for the
removal of heavy metals that are extensively released in effluents from different industries …

Removal of copper (II) ions from the effluent by carbon nanotubes modified with tetrahydrofuran

B Ghanavati, A Bozorgian… - Chemical Review and …, 2022 - chemrevlett.com
In this study, a carbon nanotube modified with tetrahydrofuran was first synthesized. After
preparing the adsorbent, discontinuous adsorption experiments of copper metal were …

Kinetics, isotherm, and thermodynamic study for ultrafast adsorption of azo dye by an efficient sorbent: ternary Mg/(Al+ Fe) layered double hydroxides

S Das, SK Dash, KM Parida - ACS omega, 2018 - ACS Publications
The extremely high adsorption efficiency of malachite green (MG) was examined through a
series of batch experiments by using Fe3+-doped Mg/Al layered double hydroxides (LDHs) …

Experimental and DFT studies on the selective adsorption of Pb2+ and Zn2+ from aqueous solution by nitrogen-functionalized multiwalled carbon nanotubes

OA Oyetade, AA Skelton, VO Nyamori… - Separation and …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract The ligand, 4′-(4-hydroxyphenyl)-2, 2′: 6′, 2 ″-terpyridine, was bonded to
multiwalled carbon nanotubes to afford nitrogen-functionalized carbon nanotubes (MWCNT …

[HTML][HTML] Functionalized electrospun carbon nanofibers for removal of cationic dye

BM Thamer, H El-Hamshary, SS Al-Deyab… - Arabian Journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Electrospun carbon nanofibers (ECNFs) have attracted significant attention in recent years
as relatively inexpensive alternative to carbon nanotubes for adsorption organic pollutants …