Effective Removal of Water-Soluble Methylated Arsenic Contaminants with Phosphorene Oxide Nanoflakes: A DFT Study

11 June 2021, Version 1
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Abstract

This work explores by DFT calculations the ability of oxidized phosphorene to simultaneously remove methylarsenicals from contaminated water sources via adsorption in solid phases.

Keywords

environmental pollution
Water pollution
arsenic species
Arsenic Contaminated Groundwater
water treatment
phosphorene structures
phosphorene oxides
ALMO-EDA
Adsorption energy calculations
DFT calculations
Computational Chemistry
environmental chemistry
pollution
surface science
nanotechnology
adsorption ability
adsorption
Interaction Mechanisms
Interaction Mechanism
energy decomposition model
arsenic pollution
solvent effects
driving forces
computational modeling
first principles study

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