Highly efficient hydrogen evolution using TiO2/Graphene composite photocatalysts

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 27, Issue , 2012, Pages 570-576

  Lv, Xiaojun ^a   Zhang, Guiju ^a   Fu, Wenfu ^a  

^a TECHNICAL INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Graphene; Hydrogen evolution; Photocatalyse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877732455     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2011.12.489     Document Type: Conference Paper

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