The applications of nano-ZnO in wastewater treatment

Author

Zhang, Lingling ; Chen, Bo ; Li, Zifu

Author_Institution

Sch. of Civil & Environ. Eng., Univ. of Sci. & Technol. Beijing, Beijing, China

fYear

2011

fDate

22-24 April 2011

Firstpage

6945

Lastpage

6948

Abstract

Because of the excellent properties and wide applications on nanomaterials, recent years, researchers start to focus on the use of nanomaterials in wastewater treatment. This paper introduces the application of nano-sized ZnO in wastewater treatment. Advantages of nanomaterials and the possible antimicrobial mechanisms of nano-sized ZnO are presented in this paper. This paper concluded previous work on different wastewater treatment. By analyzing the disadvantages of using nanomaterials in wastewater treatment process, suggestions are recommended. Also, the future trend of using nanomaterials in wastewater treatment plant is also discussed in this paper.

Keywords

antibacterial activity; nanostructured materials; wastewater treatment; zinc compounds; ZnO; antimicrobial mechanisms; nano-sized zinc oxide; nano-zinc oxide; nanomaterials; wastewater treatment; Anti-bacterial; Chemicals; Degradation; Nanomaterials; Nanoparticles; Wastewater treatment; Zinc oxide; ZnO; antimicrobial; nano-sized ZnO; wastewater treatment;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Electric Technology and Civil Engineering (ICETCE), 2011 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Lushan

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0289-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICETCE.2011.5776283

Filename

5776283