Photothermal Contribution to Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance of Graphene-Based Nanocomposites

ACS Nano

Volumn 8, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 9304-9310

  Gan, Zhixing ^a   Wu, Xinglong ^a   Meng, Ming ^a   Zhu, Xiaobin ^a   Yang, Lun ^a   Chu, Paul K ^b  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

graphene; P25; photocatalyst; photothermal effect

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

ADSORPTIVITY; HIGH-EFFICIENCY; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTO-THERMAL; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; PHOTOTHERMAL EFFECTS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84915827299     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn503249c     Document Type: Article

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