Fabrication and photocatalysis of TiO2-graphene sandwich nanosheets with smooth surface and controlled thickness

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 229, Issue , 2013, Pages 569-576

  Yao, Weiwei ^a   Li, Yuhan ^a   Yan, Dongxue ^a   Ma, Meng ^a   He, Zhoukun ^a   Chai, Songgang ^b   Su, Xiaosheng ^b   Chen, Feng ^a   Fu, Qiang ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Guangdong Shengyi Technology Limited Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

Controllable thickness; Graphene; Photocatalysis; Sandwich; TiO2

Indexed keywords

CONTROLLABLE THICKNESS; CONTROLLED THICKNESS; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEET; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; SANDWICH; TETRA-BUTYL TITANATE; TIO;

GRAPHENE; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SANDWICH STRUCTURES;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84880425779     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.06.027     Document Type: Article

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