Reduced graphene oxide-TiO2 nanocomposite as a promising visible-light-active photocatalyst for the conversion of carbon dioxide

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Tan, Lling Lling ^a   Ong, Wee Jun ^a   Chai, Siang Piao ^a   Mohamed, Abdul Rahman ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carbon dioxide; Composite; Graphene; Methane; Nanoparticle; Photocatalyst; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ENERGY CONSERVATION; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; GREENHOUSE GASES; INCANDESCENT LAMPS; LIGHT; METHANE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SOLAR ENERGY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ATTRACTIVE STRATEGIES; HYDROLYSIS REACTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); SEMICONDUCTOR NANOCOMPOSITE; VISIBLE LIGHT ACTIVE PHOTOCATALYSTS;

TIO2 NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84887306891     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-465     Document Type: Article

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