Biomolecule-assisted, environmentally friendly, one-pot synthesis of CuS/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites with enhanced photocatalytic performance

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 35, 2012, Pages 12893-12900

  Zhang, Yingwei ^a   Tian, Jingqi ^a,b   Li, Haiyan ^a   Wang, Lei ^a   Qin, Xiaoyun ^a   Asiri, Abdullah M ^c   Al Youbi, Abdulrahman O ^c   Sun, Xuping ^a,c  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; EXCITED CARRIERS; GRAPHENE OXIDES; L-CYSTEINE; METHYLENE BLUE; ONE-POT SYNTHESIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCURRENT RESPONSE; RECOMBINATION RATE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SULFUR DONORS; VISIBLE LIGHT;

AMINO ACIDS; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SULFUR;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

COPPER; COPPER SULFIDE; CYSTEINE; GRAPHITE; NANOMATERIAL; OXIDE; REDUCING AGENT;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; GREEN CHEMISTRY; METHODOLOGY; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, SYNTHETIC; COPPER; CYSTEINE; GRAPHITE; GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; OXIDES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; REDUCING AGENTS;

EID: 84865734082     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la303049w     Document Type: Article

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