Portable visible-light photocatalysts constructed from Cu2O nanoparticles and graphene oxide in cellulose matrix

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 7202-7210

  Tu, Kai ^a   Wang, Qiyang ^a   Lu, Ang ^a   Zhang, Lina ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

PHOTOCATALYST ACTIVITY; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTODEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; PHOTODEGRADATION RATE; REGENERATED CELLULOSE; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSTS; WASTEWATER PURIFICATION;

AZO DYES; COMPOSITE FILMS; GRAPHENE; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOELECTRONS; PHOTONS; SOLAR ENERGY; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

EID: 84898071762     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp412802h     Document Type: Article

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