Water-phase strategy for synthesis of TiO 2 -graphene composites with tunable structure for high performance photocatalysts

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 317, Issue , 2014, Pages 648-656

  Hu, Changyuan ^a   Chen, Fei ^a   Lu, Tiewen ^a,b   Lian, Chengjiang ^a   Zheng, Shizheng ^a   Hu, Quanhong ^a   Duo, Shuwang ^a   Zhang, Rongbin ^a  

^a JIANGXI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NANCHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Electrostatic attraction; Graphene; Photocatalysis; TiO 2

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; DYES; ELECTROSTATICS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ADSORPTION CAPABILITY; AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS; CONTROLLABLE SYNTHESIS; ELECTROSTATIC ATTRACTIONS; GRAPHENE COMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; TIO2;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84908150615     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.08.161     Document Type: Article

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