TiO2-graphene nanocomposites. UV-assisted photocatalytic reduction of graphene oxide

ACS Nano

Volumn 2, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1487-1491

  Williams, Graeme ^a   Seger, Brian ^b   Kamt, Prashant V ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NOTRE DAME   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbon nanostructures; Electron transfer; Graphene; Graphene semiconductor composite; Photocatalysis; TiO2; UV assisted reduction

Indexed keywords

CARBON NANOSTRUCTURES; ELECTRON TRANSFER; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; GRAPHENE-SEMICONDUCTOR COMPOSITE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TIO2; UV-ASSISTED REDUCTION;

ETHANOL;

GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; OXIDE; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; CRYSTALLIZATION; MACROMOLECULE; MATERIALS TESTING; METHODOLOGY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY; ULTRASTRUCTURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CATALYSIS; CRYSTALLIZATION; GRAPHITE; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MATERIALS TESTING; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 49249131809     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn800251f     Document Type: Article

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