Significantly enhanced visible-light-induced photocatalytic performance of hybrid zn-cr layered double hydroxide/graphene nanocomposite and the mechanism study

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 53, Issue 33, 2014, Pages 12943-12952

  Lan, Meng ^a   Fan, Guoli ^a   Yang, Lan ^a   Li, Feng ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES; COPRECIPITATION METHOD; HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES; LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; SIMULTANEOUS REDUCTION;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84906346539     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie501650g     Document Type: Article

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