Exfoliated graphite/titanium dioxide nanocomposites for photodegradation of eosin yellow

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 300, Issue , 2014, Pages 159-164

  Ndlovu, Thabile ^b   Kuvarega, Alex T ^a   Arotiba, Omotayo A ^a   Sampath, Srinivasan ^d   Krause, Rui W ^c   Mamba, Bhekie B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SWAZILAND   (Swaziland)

^c RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

Exfoliated graphite; Nanocomposite; Photocatalysis; Photodegradation; Visible light; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

GRAPHITE; LIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; RATE CONSTANTS; RESERVOIRS (WATER); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

CHARGE SEPARATIONS; EXFOLIATED GRAPHITE; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; TIO2 NANO-PARTICLES; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

EID: 84896491268     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.02.027     Document Type: Article

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