A facile synthesis of porous graphene for efficient water and wastewater treatment.

ABSTRACT: The use of two-dimensional graphene-based materials in water treatment has recently gained significant attention due to their unique electronic and thermal mobility, high surface area, high mechanical strength, excellent corrosion resistance and tunable surface chemistry. However, the relatively expensive, poor hydrophobicity, low adsorption capacity and recyclability, and complex post-treatment of the most pristine graphene frameworks limit their practical application. Here, we report a facile scalable method to produce highly porous graphene from reduced graphene oxide via thermal treatment without addition of any catalyst or use of any template. Comparing to conventional graphene counterparts, as-prepared porous graphene nanosheets showed evident improvement in hydrophobicity, adsorptio

SUBMITTER: Tabish TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5788977 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature