Research Article

Adsorption of 17α-Ethinyl Estradiol and Bisphenol A to Graphene-Based Materials: Effects of Configuration of Adsorbates and the Presence of Cationic Surfactant

Table 1

Selected physicochemical properties of GO, RGO_1, RGO_2, and CG.

Graphene materialsElement composition (wt%)aRelative hydrophobicity indexbζ potentialcPore volume (cm3 g-1)dAverage pore diameter (nm)dBET surface area (m2 g-1)d
COC/OMicroporeMesopore macropore

GO69.3829.762.330.0040.05013.7368.56
RGO_170.3826.712.630.0150.0306.0756.70
RGO_278.0421.073.700.0380.3933.75102.24
CG79.3916.124.920.0180.17810.7878.51

aAnalyzed using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. bDetermined by the method reported by Walker et al. [33]. cMeasured in 10 mM Na2HPO4/NaH2PO4 buffer. dAnalyzed using surface area and porosimetry system.