Sulfonated graphene oxide-ZnO-Ag photocatalyst for fast photodegradation and disinfection under visible light

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 262, Issue , 2013, Pages 826-835

  Gao, Peng ^a   Ng, Kokseng ^a   Sun, Darren Delai ^a  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Disinfection; Photodegradation; Plasmonic photocatalyst; SGO ZnO Ag

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON HOLE RECOMBINATION RATE; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI (E. COLI); FINITE-DIFFERENCE TIME-DOMAIN SIMULATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE MEASUREMENTS; PLASMONIC PHOTOCATALYSTS; SGO-ZNO-AG; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN PHOTOCATALYSTS;

DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GRAPHENE; NANORODS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PLASMONS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ZINC OXIDE;

SILVER;

GRAPHENE OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOCRYSTAL; SILVER; ZINC OXIDE; GRAPHITE; OXIDE; RHODAMINE; RHODAMINE B; WATER POLLUTANT; ZINC;

ALCOHOL; CATALYSIS; DISINFECTION; FECAL COLIFORM; PHOTODEGRADATION; REMEDIATION; SEWAGE TREATMENT; SULFONATE; VISIBLE SPECTRUM; ZINC;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISINFECTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY TRANSFER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; LIGHT SCATTERING; NONHUMAN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLLUTANT; REACTION TIME; SULFONATION; SURFACE PLASMON RESONANCE; SYNTHESIS; THICKNESS; BACTERIAL COUNT; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECTS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; PHOTOLYSIS; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; SEWAGE; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

CATALYSIS; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; DISINFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAPHITE; LIGHT; OXIDES; PHOTOLYSIS; RHODAMINES; SILVER; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; ZINC;

EID: 84885936179     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2013.09.055     Document Type: Article

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