A facile approach of fabricating graphene-encapsulated ZnO microspheres and their synergic effect on photocatalytic performance

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2014, Pages

  Zhai, Jiali ^a   Sun, Lei ^a   Yu, Hongwen ^a   Li, Haiyan ^a   Zhang, Xiaoxia ^a   Yang, Hongjun ^a   Xu, Jianling ^b  

^a NORTHEAST INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY AND AGRICULTURAL ECOLOGY   (China)

^b NORTHEAST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Graphene encapsulated; Photocatalytic activity; Synthesis; ZnO microspheres

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; GRAPHENE; MICROSPHERES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION CAPABILITY; CARRIER TRANSPORT EFFICIENCY; EXCELLENT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; GRAPHENE-ENCAPSULATED; INTIMATE INTERFACE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ZNO;

ZINC OXIDE;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROSPHERE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ENCAPSULATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRASOUND;

EID: 84901361400     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-014-2433-z     Document Type: Article

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