Polyaniline nanorods dotted on graphene oxide nanosheets as a novel super adsorbent for Cr(VI)

Shouwei Zhang; Meiyi Zeng; Wenqing Xu; Jiaxing Li; Jie Li; Jinzhang Xu; Xiangke Wang

doi:10.1039/c3dt50149c

Polyaniline nanorods dotted on graphene oxide nanosheets as a novel super adsorbent for Cr(VI)

Dalton Trans. 2013 Jun 14;42(22):7854-8. doi: 10.1039/c3dt50149c. Epub 2013 Apr 23.

Authors

Shouwei Zhang¹, Meiyi Zeng, Wenqing Xu, Jiaxing Li, Jie Li, Jinzhang Xu, Xiangke Wang

Affiliation

¹ Key Laboratory of Novel Thin Film Solar Cells, Institute of Plasma Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 230031, Hefei, PR China.

PMID: 23612792
DOI: 10.1039/c3dt50149c

Abstract

Hierarchical nanocomposites of polyaniline (PANI) nanorods array on graphene oxide (GO) nanosheets are successfully obtained by dilute polymerization under -20 °C. They exhibit excellent water treatment performance with a superb removal capacity of 1149.4 mg g(-1) for Cr(VI).

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adsorption
Aniline Compounds / chemistry*
Chromium / isolation & purification*
Graphite / chemistry*
Nanocomposites / chemistry*
Nanocomposites / ultrastructure
Nanotechnology
Nanotubes / chemistry
Nanotubes / ultrastructure
Oxides / chemistry*
Polymerization
Water Pollutants, Chemical / isolation & purification*
Water Purification / methods*

Substances

Aniline Compounds
Oxides
Water Pollutants, Chemical
polyaniline
Chromium
chromium hexavalent ion
Graphite