One-step simple sonochemical fabrication and photocatalytic properties of Cu2O-rGO composites

Ultrasonics Sonochemistry

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 129-135

  Abulizi, Abulikemu ^a,b   Yang, Guo Hai ^a   Zhu, Jun Jie ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Graphene; Photocatalysis; Sonochemical route

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; COPPER OXIDES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DEGRADATION OF METHYL ORANGES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY AND COMPOSITION; MORPHOLOGY AND STRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; SONOCHEMICAL; SONOCHEMICAL FABRICATIONS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COPPER OXIDE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; METHYL ORANGE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSOR; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84884350756     PISSN: 13504177     EISSN: 18732828     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ultsonch.2013.07.013     Document Type: Article

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