Facile synthesis of ZnO nanorods grown on graphene sheets and its enhanced photocatalytic efficiency

Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology

Volumn 90, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 550-558

  Lv, Rong ^a   Wang, Xitao ^a   Lv, Wei ^a   Xu, Yanli ^a   Ge, Yonghui ^a   He, Hui ^a   Li, Geng ^a   Wu, Xiaoqian ^a   Li, Xu ^a   Li, Qiang ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Glycerol; Photocatalytic H2 production; Reduced graphene oxide; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; GLYCEROL; GRAPHENE; HOLE CONCENTRATION; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANORODS; ZINC;

OPTICAL AND ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); ZNO NANOROD;

ZINC OXIDE;

GLYCEROL; GRAPHENE OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOROD; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; THERMAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84922918685     PISSN: 02682575     EISSN: 10974660     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jctb.4347     Document Type: Article

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