The size and dispersion effect of modified graphene oxide sheets on the photocatalytic H2 generation activity of TiO2 nanorods

Carbon

Volumn 60, Issue , 2013, Pages 445-452

  Liu, Jincheng ^a,b   Xu, Shiping ^a   Liu, Lei ^a   Sun, Darren Delai ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASSEMBLING METHOD; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DISPERSION EFFECT; ETHERIFICATION REACTIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPIES; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

NANORODS;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84878569223     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2013.04.059     Document Type: Article

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