Highly efficient and recyclable nanocomplexed photocatalysts of AgBr/N-doped and amine-functionalized reduced graphene oxide

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 23, 2014, Pages 20819-20827

  Sher Shah, Md Selim Arif ^a   Kim, Woo Jae ^b   Park, Juhyun ^c   Rhee, Do Kyung ^a   Jang, In Hyuk ^a   Park, Nam Gyu ^a   Lee, Jun Young ^a   Yoo, Pil J ^a,d  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b Gachon University   (South Korea)

^c Chung Ang University   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

AgBr; amine functionalized graphene; N doping; photocatalyst; recyclability; stability

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPLEXATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GRAPHENE; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; METAL IONS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; SILVER HALIDES;

AGBR; EXCELLENT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; N-DOPING; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; RECYCLABILITY;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 84917675046     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am5051422     Document Type: Article

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