Interfacial interactions of semiconductor with graphene and reduced graphene oxide: CeO2 as a case study

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 20350-20357

  Xu, Liang ^a   Huang, Wei Qing ^a   Wang, Ling Ling ^a   Huang, Gui Fang ^a  

^a HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; Electronic structure; Graphene and reduced graphene oxide; Interfacial interaction; Photocatalytic properties; Semiconductor

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; CERIUM OXIDE; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; ENERGY GAP; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MAGNETIC SEMICONDUCTORS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SOLAR CELLS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

AB INITIO CALCULATIONS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; INTERFACIAL INTERACTION; LIGHT-HARVESTING SYSTEMS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); SEMICONDUCTOR COMPOSITE; TYPE II HETERO JUNCTIONS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84914690063     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5058772     Document Type: Article

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