Cadmium oxide nanoparticles/graphene composite: synthesis, theoretical insights into reactivity and adsorption study
Dalal Z. Husein, Reda Hassanien, Mona Khamis
Abstract
= 298 K, which was superior to individual graphene and many other adsorbents. The results indicated that the recovered nanomaterials endure 4 times recyclability retaining up to 89% lead uptake efficiency. To complement the experimental study, DFT calculations were performed to investigate the stability of the formed G-CdO composite compared to CdO NPs; the reactivity of G-CdO compared to plain graphene as well as the interaction insights between graphene and CdO clusters were studied using natural-bond-orbital (NBO), electron-localization-function (ELF) and reduced-density-gradient (RDG) analyses.
Topics & Concepts
GrapheneNanocompositeNanomaterialsAdsorptionOxideCadmium oxideMaterials scienceNanoparticleSorptionReactivity (psychology)Chemical engineeringComposite numberNatural bond orbitalDensity functional theoryNanotechnologyCadmiumChemistryComposite materialOrganic chemistryComputational chemistryMetallurgyAlternative medicineMedicineEngineeringPathologyNanomaterials for catalytic reactionsGraphene research and applicationsGraphene and Nanomaterials Applications