Graphene based adsorbents for electrochemical applications.

2010年诺贝尔物理学奖授予曼彻斯特大学的Geim和Novoselov教授，以表彰他们对石墨烯的分离和表征，石墨烯是一种只有一个原子厚的独特二维碳材料。这种材料具有不寻常的特性，具有许多潜在的应用，如触摸屏和太阳能电池板。在这个项目中，我们的目标是利用石墨烯的化学特性用于水处理，电池和燃料电池。最近的研究表明，石墨烯表面可以选择性地去除水中的有毒污染物，这可能使问题污染物的去除成为可能。例如，人们越来越关注“内分泌干扰化合物”的存在，它可以影响包括人类在内的动物的激素系统。这些化合物越来越多地存在于废水和供水系统中，这些化合物是由于使用药物而产生的废弃化学品和人类废物。石墨烯基材料具有从废水或供水中选择性去除这些化合物的潜力。此外，可以通过低能量电处理来破坏石墨烯表面上的污染物，使得能够重复使用材料。

The nobel prize for physics in 2010 was awarded to Professors Geim and Novoselov at the University of Manchester for the isolation and characterisation of graphene, a unique two dimensional carbon material only one atom thick. This material has unusual properties with many potential applications such as touch screens and solar panels. In this project we are aiming to exploit the chemical characteristics of graphene for water treatment, batteries and fuel cells. Recent work has shown that graphene surfaces can selectively remove toxic contaminants in water, which may enable the removal of problem pollutants. For example, there has been increasing concern over the presence of 'endocrine disrupting compounds', which can affect the hormone systems in animals including humans. These compounds are found increasingly in wastewater and in water supplies, arising from waste chemicals and human waste due to the use of pharmaceuticals. Graphene based materials have the potential to selectively remove these compounds from wastewater or water supplies. Furthermore, it may be possible to destroy the contaminants on the graphene surface by a low energy electrical treatment, enabling the repeated reuse of the materials.