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. 2022 Aug 11;380(5):44. doi: 10.1007/s41061-022-00397-3

Table 2.

Graphene-based nanomaterial in wastewater remediation

Nanomaterial Contaminant Mechanism Sorption/catalytic capacity Conditions studied Cycles References
pH Time Temp °C
Graphene oxide Metformin Sorption 122.61 mg/g 6.2 180 20 6 [251]
Reduced graphene oxide nanosheets doped with Cu Methylene blue Photocatalytic degradation 91% 80 [252]
Nickel(II) hydroxide (Ni(OH)2)-decorated graphene oxide (GO) and modified titania (TiO2) nanocomposite (Ni(OH)2/GO/TiO2) 2-Chlorophenol Photocatalytic degradation 80% 6 240 [253]
Iron oxide/graphene oxide nanohybrid 2,4-Dichlorophenol Sorption 96.5% [254]
Reduced graphene oxide-CuO/ZnO (rGO-CuO/ZnO) 4-Nitroaniline Catalytic degradation 98% 10 4 [255]
Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) grafted graphene oxide Cd Sorption 89% 7 30 25 [256]
Polyaniline-functionalized magnetic graphene oxide composites (PANI-g-MGOs) Cd(II) Sorption 7.63 × 10−4 7 25 [257]
Phenol 2.87 × 10−3
Surface-tailored graphene oxide paper Methylene blue Sorption 311 mg/g [258]
Methyl orange 340 mg/g
Silver nanoparticles immobilized on graphene oxide nanosheets Methylene blue Sorption 633 mg/g 9 90 27 4 [259]
Magnetic graphene oxide (Fe3O4/SiO2-GO) Cd(II) Sorption 128.2 mg/g 5 40 25 12 [260]
Pb(II) 385.1 mg/g
Silver incorporated reduced graphene oxide sheets (Ag@rGO) Methylene blue Photocatalytic degradation 100% 120 [261]
Magnetic graphene oxide composite (CoFe2O4/GO) Methylene blue Sorption 355.9 mg/g 400 4 [262]
Rhodamine B 284.9 mg/g
Methyl orange 53 mg/g
Magnetic graphene oxide-titanate composites (MGO@TNs) Pb(II) Sorption 322.7 mg/g 5 180 6 [263]
Magnetic porous reduced graphene oxide (MPrGO) Triclosan Sorption 1105.8 mg/g 3 5 [264]
Yttrium-immobilized-graphene oxide-alginate hydrogel (Y-GO-SA) As(V) Sorption 273.39 mg/g 5 20 4 [265]
Tetracycline 477.9 mg/g
Graphene oxide Trichloromethane Photocatalytic degradation 99.6% 5 [266]
Graphene oxide/aminated lignin aerogels (GALA) Malachite green Sorption 113.5 mg/g 8 600 25 [267]
Polyethersulfone-functionalized GO (PES-fGO) Fe2+ Sorption 97.1% [268]
Zn2+ 95.3%
Cd2+ 92.7%
Cr6+ 99.9%
Amine-graphene oxide composite (pssN-GO) Cr(VI) Sorption 260.74 mg/g 3 [269]
Graphene oxide with lanthanum substituted manganese ferrites (LMFx%@GO) Perfluorooctanoic acid Sorption 1.61 mg/g 3 1440 25 [270]
Graphene-based hydrogel (Fe3O4/RGO/PAM hydrogel) Rhodamine B Photocatalytic degradation 90% 4.5 60 10 [271]
Graphene oxide wrapped magnetite nano-clusters (Fe3O4@GO) Methylene blue Sorption 131.10 mg/g 8 400 30 [272]
Rhodamine B 34.5 mg/g
Methyl orange 39.95 g/g
Reduced graphene oxide Methylene blue Sorption 2.6 g/g [273]
Congo red 7.6 g/g
Lemon yellow 3.2 g/g
Cd2+ 8.4 g/g
Pb2+ 17.9 g/g
Graphene-based monolith using magnesium ascorbylphosphate (MAP/GBM) Bisphenol A Sorption 324 mg/g 7 2880 25 5 [274]
Biochar supported reduced graphene oxide (RGO-BC) Pb2+ Sorption 26.10 mg/g 1440 4 [275]
Atrazine 67.55 mg/g
Sodium bisulfate reduced graphene oxide aerogels (S-rGO) Tetrabromobisphenol A Sorption 128.37 mg/g 7 25 5 [276]
Biochar-graphene nanosheets composites Dimethyl phthalate Sorption 30.78 mg/g 2880 [277]

Diethyl

Phthalate

23.86 mg/g
Dibutyl phthalate 21.98 mg/g
Graphene oxide nanosheets 17β-Estradiol (E2) Sorption 149.4 mg/g 7 480 25 5 [278]
Graphene oxide metal–organic framework nanocomposite (GO-MOF) Methylene blue Sorption 97% 15 4 [279]
Cadmium sulfide reduced graphene oxide (CdS-RGO) Rhodamine B Sorption 97.2% 4 [280]
Acid chrome blue K 65.7%
Nickel ferrite-reduced graphene oxide (NFRGO) Pb(II) Sorption 99% [281]
Graphene oxide/silver nanocomposite (GO-Ag) Malachite green Sorption 143 mg/g 25 30 4 [282]
Ethyl violet 72 mg/g
Graphene oxide-polydopamine-(β-cyclodextrin) (GPC) Pb(II) Sorption 101.6 mg/g 6 160 5 [283]
Methylene blue 99.2%
Silver/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite (Ag/rGO) Methyl orange Photocatalytic degradation 90% 5.5 45 3 [284]
Graphene oxide/gold nanocomposite (GO-Ag) Malachite green Sorption 1000 mg/g 25 4 [285]
Ethyl violet 13.3 mg/g
Silica-magnetic nanoparticle-decorated graphene oxide (GO-MNPs-SiO2) Naproxen Sorption 31 mg/g 5 60 [286]
Magnetic chitosan-graphene oxide composite (mÇ-GO) Acid red 17 Sorption 79% 6 60 25 5 [287]
Bromophenol blue 97% 2
Reduced graphene oxide Pb(II) Sorption 96.6% 4.5 120 30 5 [288]
Graphene oxide nanoflakes Phenolic compound Sorption 19-30 mg/g 300 [289]
Magnetic chitosan/graphene oxide biosorbent Cu2+ Sorption 217.4 mg/g 8 70 5 [290]
Graphene oxide sheets decorated with polyaniline nanofibers (GO-PANI) Zn(II) Sorption 297.62 mg/g 7 20 25 3 [291]
Graphene oxide (GO) Cu2+ Sorption 97% 6 60 25 5 [292]
Functionalized graphene oxide (GO-COOH) 99.4%

Cobalt oxide nanoparticles incorporated reduced graphene oxide

A-rGO/Co3O4

Rhodamine B Sorption 102.9 mg/g 12 300 20 [293]
Palladium supported reduced graphene oxide (Pd NPs/RGO) 4-Nitrophenol Catalytic reduction 97% 1 8 [294]
Rhodamine B
Methylene blue
Graphene oxide/cellulose hydrogel Methylene blue Sorption 100% 7 15 25 3 [295]
Rhodamine B 90%
GO/polyethylenimine (PEI) hydrogels Methylene blue Sorption 323.9 mg/g 250 25 [296]
Rhodamine B 114.4 mg/g
Polyacrylic acid-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles/graphene oxide composite Methylene blue Sorption 291 mg/g 7 1440 5 [297]
Poly(amidoamine)-functionalized graphene oxide (PAMAM-GO) Se(IV) Sorption 60.9 mg/g 6 [298]
Se(VI) 77.9 mg/g
Graphene oxide nanosorbents Pb(II) Sorption 100% 8 [299]
Cr(VI)
Ni(II)
P25/silver orthophosphate/graphene oxide (P25/Ag3PO4/GO) ternary composite Rhodamine B Photocatalytic degradation 95% 60 5 [300]
Graphene oxide/magnesium oxide composite Methylene blue Sorption 833 mg/g 11 20 [301]
Polysulfone-graphene oxide-based porous membranes Ofloxacin, benzophenone-3, rhodamine B, diclofenac and Triton X-100 Sorption 90% 1440 3 [302]
Graphene oxide Levofloxacin Sorption 256.6 mg/g [303]
Pb2+ 227.2 mg/g
Poly(vinyl alcohol)/poly(acrylic acid)/carboxylate graphene oxide nanosheets (PVA/PAA/GO-COOH) Methylene blue Sorption 25.91 mg/g 300 10 [304]
Rhodamine B 6.75 mg/g
Congo red 9.62 mg/g
Reduced graphene oxide Methylene blue Sorption 746 mg/g 20 [305]
4-Aminodiphenylamine-modified graphene oxide Toluene, ethylbenzene, and p-,o-xylene Sorption 1.5–3.7 mg/g 4 5 23 7 [306]
Dithiocarbamate-functionalized graphene oxide (GO-DTC) Basic blue 41 Sorption 128.5 mg/g 4.5 60 25 3 [307]]
Basic red 46 111 mg/g
Magnetic chitosan-coated graphene oxide (Fe3O4©-GO) Methyl violet Sorption 11.5 mg/g 10 60 25 4 [308]
Alizarin yellow R 6.7 mg/g 6
Ag3PO4/graphene-oxide (Ag3PO4/GO) composite Methyl orange Photocatalytic degradation 86.7% 30 [309]
Rhodamine B 100%
Polydopamine-kaoline with reduced graphene oxide (PDA-rGO-kaoline) Methylene blue Sorption 39.66 mg/g 7 27 5 [310]