ZnO-Bi 2O 3/graphene oxide photocatalyst with high photocatalytic performance under visible light

Materials Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 278-283

  He, G Y ^a,b   Huang, J ^a   Liu, W F ^a   Wang, X ^b   Chen, H Q ^a   Sun, X Q ^a  

^a CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Charge separation; Graphene oxide; Photocatalytic; Visible light; ZnO Bi 2O 3

Indexed keywords

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; VISIBLE LIGHT; ZNO-BI 2O 3;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AZO DYES; DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; TEXTILE FINISHING; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84864879286     PISSN: 10667857     EISSN: 17535557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1753555712Y.0000000024     Document Type: Article

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