Ms. Ref. No.:  APSUSC-D-20-09121R1
Title: Adsorption mechanism of methylene blue on oxygen-containing functional groups modified graphitic carbon spheres: Experiment and DFT study
Applied Surface Science

Dear Dr. Haijun Zhang,

I am pleased to confirm that your paper "Adsorption mechanism of methylene blue on oxygen-containing functional groups modified graphitic carbon spheres: Experiment and DFT study" has been accepted for publication in Applied Surface Science.

Comments from the Editor and Reviewers can be found below.

Your accepted manuscript will now be transferred to our production department and work will begin on creation of the proof. If we need any additional information to create the proof, we will let you know. If not, you will be contacted again in the next few days with a request to approve the proof and to complete a number of online forms that are required for publication.

Thank you for submitting your work to this journal.

With kind regards,

Byungchan Han, Ph.D.
Editor
Applied Surface Science

Comments from the Editors and Reviewers:

Reviewer #1: The authors improved the article

Reviewer #2: The authors have made all the changes suggested. The manuscript has gained in quality thanks to all these changes.
I believe that the paper can be published.