1.5 V battery driven reduced graphene oxide-silver nanostructure coated carbon foam (rGO-Ag-CF) for the purification of drinking water

Kumar, Surender and Ghosh, Somnath and Munichandraiah, N and Vasan, HN (2013) 1.5 V battery driven reduced graphene oxide-silver nanostructure coated carbon foam (rGO-Ag-CF) for the purification of drinking water. In: Nanotechnology, 24 (23). 235101_1-235101_10.

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Abstract

A porous carbon foam (CF) electrode modified with a reduced graphene oxide-Ag (rGO-Ag) nanocomposite has been fabricated to purify water. It can perform as an antibacterial device by killing pathogenic microbes with the aid of a 1.5 V battery, with very little power consumption. The device is recycled ten times with good performance for long term usage. It is shown that the device may be implemented as a fast water purifier to deactivate the pathogens in drinking water.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Nanotechnology
Publisher:	IOP Publishing Ltd
Additional Information:	Copyright of this article belongs to IOP Publishing Ltd.
Department/Centre:	Division of Chemical Sciences > Inorganic & Physical Chemistry Division of Chemical Sciences > Solid State & Structural Chemistry Unit
Date Deposited:	11 Jul 2013 05:47
Last Modified:	11 Jul 2013 05:47
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/46809

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