Synthesis of visible-light responsive graphene oxide/TiO2 composites with p/n heterojunction

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 6425-6432

  Chen, Chao ^a   Cai, Weimin ^a,b   Long, Mingce ^b   Zhou, Baoxue ^a,b   Wu, Yahui ^a   Wu, Deyong ^b   Feng, Yujie ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Graphene oxide; P n heterojunction; Photocatalysis; Titanium dioxide; Visible light

Indexed keywords

CARBON ELEMENTS; CHEMICAL STATE; CRYSTALLINE QUALITY; GRAPHENE OXIDES; METHYL ORANGE; N-TYPE SEMICONDUCTORS; P-TYPE; P/N HETEROJUNCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SEMICONDUCTOR CONDUCTIVITY; STARTING SOLUTIONS; VISIBLE LIGHT;

AZO DYES; CHEMICAL ELEMENTS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 78649571542     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn102130m     Document Type: Article

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