Recyclable graphene oxide-supported titanium dioxide photocatalysts with tunable properties

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 4658-4668

  Linley, Stuart ^a   Liu, Yingying ^a   Ptacek, Carol J ^a   Blowes, David W ^a   Gu, Frank X ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

Author keywords

graphene oxide reduced graphene oxide; magnetic recovery; photocatalysis; recyclability; titanium dioxide; water treatment

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; GRAPHENE; INDUSTRIAL WATER TREATMENT; MAGNETITE NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; WATER TREATMENT;

GRAPHENE OXIDES; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; MAGNETIC RECOVERY; PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOUNDS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; RECYCLABILITY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLES;

PHOTOCATALYSTS;

EID: 84898405122     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am4039272     Document Type: Article

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