Title
Enhanced removal of arsenic and chromium contaminants from drinking water by electrodeposition technique using graphene composites
Date Issued
01 May 2019
Access level
metadata only access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Verduzco L.E.
Oliva J.
Oliva A.I.
Macias E.
Garcia C.R.
Herrera-Trejo M.
Mtz-Enriquez A.I.
Instituto de Ecología A.C.
Publisher(s)
Elsevier Ltd
Abstract
This work reports the use of compacted graphene composites for the removal of As and Cr heavy metal ions from contaminated water by electrodeposition. The removal of the metal ions contaminants was studied by using two different positions of electrodes: on the top and on the bottom of the composite. The highest removal percentages of As and Cr (≈70%) were reached when the electrodes are located on the bottom of the composites. A maximum removal capacity of 38 mg/g and 32 mg/g was obtained for As and Cr ions (after 24 h), respectively. The As and Cr ions were also removed in presence of drinking water and found an increase in the removal percentage from 70% to 87% for As and from 70% to 98% for Cr, which indicates that the additional ions in the drinking water favored the performance of the graphene composites for the removal of contaminants. The solid graphene composites facilitate the removal of the adsorbed contaminants into contaminated water in comparison with the reported composite powders. Hence, the proposed methodology of this work could be an alternative for the removal of heavy metal ions from contaminated water effluents in mines or water treatment plants.
Start page
197
End page
209
Volume
229
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Ingeniería química Ingeniería eléctrica, Ingeniería electrónica
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85063112599
Source
Materials Chemistry and Physics
ISSN of the container
02540584
Sponsor(s)
Dr. Arturo Martinez thanks the financial support of CONACYT . Authors appreciate the technical help of Martha, Miguel Aguilar, and Francisco Botello for the SEM, EDS, and TGA measurements.
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