Long-root Eichhornia crassipes waste plants dual-purpose resource utilization: green preparation of magnetic carbon quantum dots for heavy metal deep removal

Keywords

Adsorption / Carbon quantum dots / Heavy metals / Long-root Eichhornia crassipes / Magnetic nanopartion

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Funding

National Natural Science Foundation of China(92475114)

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