Photocatalytic synthesis of aniline from nitrobenzene using Ag-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 5539-5546

  Qusti, A H ^a   Mohamed, R M ^a,b   Abdel Salam, M ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CMRDI   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Ag; Reduced graphene oxide; Synthesis of aniline; Visible photocatalyst

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894551878     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.10.144     Document Type: Article

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