Hydrothermal preparation of ZnO-reduced graphene oxide hybrid with high performance in photocatalytic degradation

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 258, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 6204-6211

  Zhou, Xun ^a   Shi, Tiejun ^a   Zhou, Haiou ^b  

^a HEFEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b ANHUI JIANZHU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal; Methylene blue; Photocatalytic degradation; Reduced graphene oxide; ZnO

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYBRID MATERIALS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOPARTICLES; NANORODS; NITRATES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL PREPARATION; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84860243289     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.02.131     Document Type: Article

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