Preparation of ZnO flower/reduced graphene oxide composite with enhanced photocatalytic performance under sunlight

Ceramics International

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 4007-4013

  Xu, Shaohua ^a   Fu, Li ^b   Pham, Tien Song Hiep ^b   Yu, Aimin ^b   Han, Fugui ^c   Chen, Long ^a  

^a HUANGSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

ZnO flower Reduced graphene oxide Photodegradation Methylene blue Sunlight

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; GRAPHENE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; ZINC OXIDE;

HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; METHYLENE BLUE; NETWORK STRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCURRENT MEASUREMENT; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

VANADIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84921813572     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.11.086     Document Type: Article

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