Urea removal from aqueous solutions—a review

Journal of Applied Electrochemistry - Tập 46 Số 10 - Trang 1011-1029 - 2016
Ewelina Urbańczyk1, Maciej Sowa1, Wojciech Simka1
1Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology, B. Krzywoustego Street 6, 44-100 Gliwice, Poland

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