Hydrothermal synthesis of CuO/functionalized graphene nanocomposites for dye degradation

Materials Letters

Volumn 93, Issue , 2013, Pages 393-396

  Yusoff, N ^a   Huang, N M ^a   Muhamad, M R ^b   Kumar, S V ^a   Lim, H N ^c   Harrison, I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM MALAYSIA CAMPUS   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carbon materials; Copper oxide; Graphene; Nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

CARBON MATERIAL; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; CUO CRYSTALS; DYE DEGRADATION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FUNCTIONALIZED; GRAPHENE OXIDES; HYDROTHERMAL TECHNIQUES; METHYLENE BLUE; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COPPER OXIDES; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; GRAPHENE; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84871821751     PISSN: 0167577X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matlet.2012.10.015     Document Type: Article

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