Strengthening of Graphene Aerogels with Tunable Density and High Adsorption Capacity towards Pb 2+

Zhuo Han; Zhihong Tang; Shuling Shen; Bin Zhao; Guangping Zheng; Junhe Yang

doi:10.1038/srep05025

Strengthening of Graphene Aerogels with Tunable Density and High Adsorption Capacity towards Pb 2+

Zhuo Han, Zhihong Tang, Shuling Shen, Bin Zhao, Guangping Zheng, Junhe Yang

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Graphene aerogels (GAs) with high mechanical strength, tunable density and volume have been prepared only via soaking graphene hydrogels (GHs) in ammonia solution. The density and volume of the obtained GAs are controlled by adjusting the concentration of ammonia solution. Although volume of the GAs decreases with increasing the concentration of ammonia solution, its specific surface area maintains at about 350â €...m 2 g â ̂'1, and the inner structure changes to radial after ammonia solution treatment. Thus, GAs are particularly suitable for the adsorption and energy storage applications owing to their high specific surface area and unique porous structure. The adsorption capacity of GAs for Pb 2+ from aqueous solution maintains at about 80â €...mg g â ̂'1, which could reach as high as 5000â €...g m â ̂'3 per unit volume and they can be separated easily from water after adsorption.

Original language	English
Article number	5025
Journal	Scientific Reports
Volume	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1038/srep05025
Publication status	Published - 22 May 2014

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