One-pot hydrothermal synthesis of ZnO-reduced graphene oxide composites using Zn powders for enhanced photocatalysis

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 229, Issue , 2013, Pages 533-539

  Liu, Shizhen ^a   Sun, Hongqi ^a   Suvorova, Alexandra ^b   Wang, Shaobin ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Methylene blue; Photocatalysis; Reduced graphene oxide; Zno

Indexed keywords

CETYLTRIMETHYLAMMONIUM BROMIDE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; METHYLENE BLUE; ONE-POT HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC-DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; ZNO;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84880404716     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.06.063     Document Type: Article

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