Room-temperature synthesis and enhanced catalytic performance of silver-reduced graphene oxide nanohybrids

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 10, 2013, Pages

  Thu, Tran Viet ^a   Ko, Pil Ju ^a   Phuc, Nguyen Huu Huy ^a   Sandhu, Adarsh ^a  

^a TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Graphene oxide; Nanohybrids; Silver nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CATALYTIC APPLICATIONS; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ENHANCED CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; METALLIC NANOPARTICLES; NANOHYBRIDS; ROOM TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDES; TRI-SODIUM CITRATES;

SILVER METALLOGRAPHY;

4 NITROPHENOL; CITRATE TRISODIUM; GRAPHENE OXIDE; SILVER NANOPARTICLE; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENSITY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCATALYST; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; REDUCTION; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84887005707     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1975-9     Document Type: Article

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