Significantly enhanced photocatalytic activities and charge separation mechanism of Pd-decorated ZnO-graphene oxide nanocomposites

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 3623-3629

  Zhang, Long ^a   Du, Lianhuan ^a   Yu, Xiang ^a   Tan, Shaozao ^a   Cai, Xiang ^b   Yang, Peihua ^a   Gu, Yu ^a   Mai, Wenjie ^a  

^a JINAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Scientific Research Office   (China)

Author keywords

charge separation; graphene oxide; photocatalytic activity; ZnO

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; EFFICIENCY; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; PALLADIUM; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; RATE CONSTANTS; SEMICONDUCTOR DIODES; SEPARATION;

CHARGE SEPARATION MECHANISM; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION; GRAPHENE OXIDES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; ZNO;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84896369651     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am405872r     Document Type: Article

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