Issue 18, 2012
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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Green synthesis of carbon nanotube–graphene hybrid aerogels and their use as versatile agents for water purification†

Zhuyin Sui,a   Qinghan Meng,b   Xuetong Zhang,*a   Rui Mab  and  Bing Caob  

* Corresponding authors

a School of Materials Science & Engineering, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing, P. R. China
E-mail: zhangxtchina@yahoo.com

b College of Materials Science and Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing, P. R. China

Abstract

Carbon nanotube–graphene hybrid aerogels have been fabricated by supercritical CO2 drying of their hydrogel precursors obtained from heating the aqueous mixtures of graphene oxide and carbon nanotubes with Vitamin C without stirring. The resulting hybrid aerogels show very promising performance in water purification including capacitive deionization of light metal salts, removal of organic dyes and enrichment of heavy metal ions.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2JM00055E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
04 Jan 2012
Accepted
15 Mar 2012
First published
30 Mar 2012

J. Mater. Chem., 2012,22, 8767-8771

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Green synthesis of carbon nanotube–graphene hybrid aerogels and their use as versatile agents for water purification

Z. Sui, Q. Meng, X. Zhang, R. Ma and B. Cao, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 8767 DOI: 10.1039/C2JM00055E

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