Wastewater depollution of textile dyes and antibiotics using unmodified and copper oxide/zinc oxide nanofunctionalised graphene oxide materials
Piumie Rajapaksha, Rebecca Orrell‐Trigg, Yen Bach Truong, Daniel Cozzolino, Vi Khanh Truong, James Chapman
Abstract
GO, CuO-rGO and ZnO-rGO were tested for their ability to remove textile dyes (R-6G, MG) and antibiotics (AMOX, TC) as wastewater depollution materials. Although GO was most effective for the cationic dyes, CuO-rGO efficiently removed anionic antibiotics.
Topics & Concepts
GrapheneOxideZincWastewaterCopperTextileChemistryCationic polymerizationAntibioticsInorganic chemistryMaterials scienceNanotechnologyOrganic chemistryWaste managementComposite materialBiochemistryEngineeringNanomaterials for catalytic reactionsGraphene and Nanomaterials ApplicationsAdvanced Photocatalysis Techniques