Synthesis of graphene-ZnO-Au nanocomposites for efficient photocatalytic reduction of nitrobenzene

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 6688-6695

  Roy, Prathik ^a   Periasamy, Arun Prakash ^a   Liang, Chi Te ^a   Chang, Huan Tsung ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; PHENYLHYDROXYLAMINES; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION; PHOTOELECTRO-CATALYTIC REACTION; PHOTOELECTROCATALYTIC; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; SURFACE-ASSISTED LASER DESORPTION/IONIZATION;

ANILINE; GOLD; GOLD DEPOSITS; GRAPHENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOL; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANORODS; NITROBENZENE; REACTION INTERMEDIATES; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ZINC OXIDE;

ANILINE; GRAPHENE ZINC OXIDE GOLD NANOCOMPOSITE; HYDROXYLAMINE; METHANOL; NANOCOMPOSITE; NITROBENZENE; NITROSOBENZENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BENZENE; CATALYSIS; DEPOSITION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REDUCTION; SURFACE ENHANCED LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION TIME OF FLIGHT MASS SPECTROMETRY; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CATALYSIS; GRAPHITE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NITROBENZENES; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84879226013     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es400422k     Document Type: Article

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