Ciprofloxacin Adsorption on Graphene and Granular
Activated Carbon: Kinetics, Isotherms, and Effects of
Solution Chemistry
Xuan Zhu1, Daniel C.W. Tsang2, Feng Chen3, Shiyu Li1, Xin Yang1,*
Supplemental Material
Table S1.
Comparison of Ciprofloxacin Adsorption Results in the Literature
1
SYSU-HKUST Research Center for Innovative Environmental Technology, School of Environmental Science
and Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China.
2
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom,
Kowloon, Hong Kong, China.
3
Foshan Water Group, Foshan 52800, China.
*
Corresponding author (email: yangx36@mail.sysu.edu.cn, phone: 0086-20-39332690, fax: 0086-2039332690).
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Table S1. Comparison of Ciprofloxacin Adsorption Results in the Literature.
Ciprofloxacin
Concentration
Adsorbent
Conditions
Adsorption
capacity
Name
Concentratio
n
Surface
area
pH
Temperature
Contact
time
0-35 mg/L
single-walled carbon
nanotubes
100 mg/L
541 m2/g
7.0±0.2
298 K
72 h
130 mg/g
0-35 mg/L
multi-walled
graphitized carbon
nanotubes
167 mg/L
117 m2/g
7.0±0.2
298 K
72 h
43 mg/g
0-35 mg/L
multi-walled
carboxylized carbon
nanotubes
167 mg/L
164 m2/g
7.0±0.2
298 K
72 h
42 mg/g
0-35 mg/L
multi-walled
hydroxylized carbon
nanotubes
133 mg/L
228 m2/g
7.0±0.2
298 K
72 h
50 mg/g
0-80 mg/L
6% graphene
oxide/calcium alginate
2 g/L
-
6.1
293 K
24 h
40 mg/g
0-25 mg/L
Commercial activated
carbon
50 mg/L
1237
m2/g
5
298 K
72 h
230 mg/g
0-25 mg/L
Carbon xerogel
50 mg/L
617 m2/g
5
298 K
72 h
110 mg/g
0-25 mg/L
Multi-walled carbon
nanotubes
50 mg/L
284 m2/g
5
298 K
72 h
135 mg/g
2
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