Table 2 Illustration of Energy Dispersive Spectroscopic (EDS) analysis of GO/UiO-66-NDC nanocomposite (a) before and (b) after the adsorption of hexavalent chromium
From: Adsorption and DFT investigations of Cr(VI) removal using nanocrystals decorated with graphene oxide
Before Adsorption | After Cr (VI) adsorption | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Element | Weight % | Atomic % | Element | Weight % | Atomic % |
C K | 49.61 | 70.88 | C K | 53.04 | 69.01 |
O K | 20.98 | 23.32 | O K | 27.93 | 27.28 |
Zr L | 29.41 | 5.80 | Cr K | 3.40 | 1.02 |
Zr L | 15.63 | 2.68 | |||
Totals | 100.00 | Totals | 100.00 | ||
