TiO2 wrapped graphene as a high performance photocatalyst for acid orange 7 dye degradation under solar/UV light irradiations

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 5945-5957

  Muthirulan, P ^a   Devi, C Nirmala ^a   Sundaram, M Meenakshi ^a  

^a AYYA NADAR JANAKI AMMAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

B. Nanocomposites; B. Spectroscopy; B. X ray methods; C. Optical properties; D. TiO2

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895061217     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.11.042     Document Type: Article

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