Simultaneous polymerization and crosslinking for the synthesis of molecular-level graphene oxide-polyacryl amide-CeOx composites

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 263, Issue , 2015, Pages 27-37

  Li, Chengpeng ^a   Zhu, Haijin ^a   Hou, Tingting ^a   Vongsvivut, Jitraporn ^b   Dai, Jane Xiujuan ^a   She, Fenghua ^a   Kong, Lingxue ^a  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cerium oxide; Composite; Graphene; Molecular level; Photo catalysis

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; CERIUM; CHAINS; COMPOSITE FILMS; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CROSSLINKING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; CERIUM OXIDES; CHARACTERISTIC SIGNAL; CROSSLINKING REACTION; MOLECULAR LEVELS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE TECHNIQUES; SIMULATED SUNLIGHT; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRONS;

POLYMERIZATION;

EID: 84911916711     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.10.100     Document Type: Article

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