Review on research and application of mesoporous transitional metal oxides in water treatment

Abstract

This paper reviews the application of mesoporous transitional metal oxides in water treatment on basis of the catalysis and adsorption. Mesoporous transitional metal oxides are characterized by their intrinsic features, such as a high surface area, a highly ordered array of unidimensional pores with a very narrow pore size distribution, and highly dispersed active sites. Finally, the suggestions of further study on application are proposed.

Keywords

mesoporous materials / transitional metal oxides / catalysis / adsorption / water treatment

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Acknowledgements

Funding for this work was provided by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant Nos. 51278351 and 51078281), International Research Staff Exchange Scheme (PIRSES–GA–2012–318926), and Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities (No. 0400219192).

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