One-pot synthesis of a reduced graphene oxide-zinc oxide sphere composite and its use as a visible light photocatalyst

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 229, Issue , 2013, Pages 126-133

  Tien, Huynh Ngoc ^a   Luan, Van Hoang ^a   Hoa, Le Thuy ^a   Khoa, Nguyen Tri ^a   Hahn, Sung Hong ^a   Chung, Jin Suk ^a   Shin, Eun Woo ^a   Hur, Seung Hyun ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Graphene oxide; Photocatalyst; Visible light; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE OXIDES; HYBRID PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); SOLVOTHERMAL REACTIONS; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSTS;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; GRAPHENE; HYBRID MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84879776463     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.05.110     Document Type: Article

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