Preparation of graphene-TiO2 composite by hydrothermal method from peroxotitanium acid and its photocatalytic properties

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 405, Issue , 2012, Pages 30-37

  Shi, Min ^a   Shen, Jianfeng ^a   Ma, Hongwei ^a   Li, Zhiqiang ^a   Lu, Xin ^a   Li, Na ^a   Ye, Mingxin ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Graphene; Nanocomposite; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COMPLEXATION; DEXTRAN; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; HYDROGEN BONDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTRONS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TITANIUM; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EFFICIENT STRATEGY; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; GRAPHENE OXIDES; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SURFACE MODIFIERS; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TIO; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; VAN DER WAALS INTERACTIONS; WATERSOLUBLE;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DEXTRAN; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITE; PEROXOTITANIUM ACID; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; TITANIUM DERIVATIVE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; HYDROGEN BOND; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROCEDURES; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SYNTHESIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84861706115     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.04.031     Document Type: Article

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