TiO2-graphene nanocomposites for gas-phase photocatalytic degradation of volatile aromatic pollutant: Is TiO2-graphene truly different from other TiO2-carbon composite materials?

ACS Nano

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 7303-7314

  Zhang, Yanhui ^a   Tang, Zi Rong ^a   Fu, Xianzhi ^a   Xu, Yi Jun ^a  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

graphene; nanocomposite; photocatalysis; TiO2; volatile aromatic pollutant

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION INTENSITY; ADSORPTIVITY; ANALOGOUS PHENOMENON; AROMATIC POLLUTANTS; CARBON COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CARBON COMPOSITES; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ETHANOL-WATER; GASPHASE; GRAPHENE OXIDES; HIGHER WEIGHT; HYDROTHERMAL REACTION; KEY FEATURE; LIQUID-PHASE DEGRADATION; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; TIO;

ABSORPTION; ACTIVATED CARBON; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AROMATIZATION; BENZENE; CARBON NANOTUBES; COMPLEXATION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ETHANOL; GRAPHENE; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIQUIDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

CARBON CARBON COMPOSITES;

EID: 78650736949     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn1024219     Document Type: Article

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