Green synthesis and synergistic catalytic effect ofAg/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hsu, Kai Chih ^a   Chen, Dong Hwang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Catalyst; Green synthesis; Reduced graphene oxide; Silver nanoparticles; Synergistic effect

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; DYES; GRAPHENE; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOCOMPOSITES; RATE CONSTANTS; SILVER COMPOUNDS; SODIUM BOROHYDRIDE; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

4-NITROPHENOL (4-NP); CATALYTIC REDUCTION; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOCOMPOSITES; GREEN SYNTHESIS; PSEUDO FIRST-ORDER KINETICS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; UNIFORM DEPOSITION;

SILVER NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84919905535     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-484     Document Type: Article

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