Graphene aerogels as efficient adsorbers of water pollutants and their effect of drying methods.

ABSTRACT: Environmental accidents highlight the need for the development of efficient materials that can be employed to eliminate pollutants including crude oil and its derivatives, as well as toxic organic solvents. In recent years, a wide variety of advanced materials has been investigated to assist in the purification process of environmentally compromised regions, with the principal contestants being graphene-based structures. This study describes the synthesis of graphene aerogels with two methods and determines their efficiency as adsorbents of several water pollutants. The main difference between the two synthesis routes is the use of freeze-drying in the first case, and ambient pressure drying in the latter. Raman spectroscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-r

SUBMITTER: Gorgolis G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10997784 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature