Engineered Graphite Oxide Materials for Application in Water Purification
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces2011Vol. 3(6), pp. 1821–1826
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Wei Gao, Mainak Majumder, Lawrence B. Alemany, Tharangattu N. Narayanan, Miguel A. Ibarra, Bhabendra K. Pradhan, Pulickel M. Ajayan
Abstract
Retaining the inherent hydrophilic character of GO (graphite-oxide) nanosheets, sp(2) domains on GO are covalently modified with thiol groups by diazonium chemistry. The surface modified GO adsorbs 6-fold higher concentration of aqueous mercuric ions than the unmodified GO. "Core-shell" adsorbent granules, readily useable in filtration columns, are synthesized by assembling aqueous GO over sand granules. The nanostructured GO-coated sand retains at least 5-fold higher concentration of heavy metal and organic dye than pure sand. The research results could open avenues for developing low-cost water purification materials for the developing economies.
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