Recent advances in carbon nanomaterial-based adsorbents for water purification

Coordination Chemistry Reviews - Tập 405 - Trang 213111 - 2020
Rashi Gusain1,2, Neeraj Kumar1, Suprakas Sinha Ray1,2
1Centre for Nanostructures and Advanced Materials, DSI-CSIR Nanotechnology Innovation Centre, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, Pretoria 0001, South Africa
2Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Johannesburg, Doornfontein 2028, South Africa

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