A facile one-step approach to synthesizing ZnO/graphene composites for enhanced degradation of methylene blue under visible light

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 274, Issue , 2013, Pages 273-281

  Ahmad, M ^a,b   Ahmed, E ^b   Hong, Z L ^a   Xu, J F ^a   Khalid, N R ^a,b   Elhissi, A ^c   Ahmed, W ^c  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graphene; Methylene blue; Photocatalysis; Solvothermal; ZnO

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY ANALYSIS (EDX); FLUORESCENCE EMISSION SPECTRA; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SOLVOTHERMAL; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84876943686     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.03.035     Document Type: Article

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