ZnO-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites as efficient photocatalysts for photocatalytic reduction of CO2

Ceramics International

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 6256-6262

  Zhang, Lixin ^a   Li, Na ^a   Jiu, Hongfang ^a   Qi, Guisheng ^a   Huang, Yunjie ^a  

^a NORTH UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

CH3OH; Photocatalytic; Reduced graphene oxide ZnO; Reduction of CO2

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; GAS ADSORPTION; GRAPHENE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CH3OH; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY ANALYSIS (EDX); GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOCOMPOSITES; NITROGEN ADSORPTION DESORPTION ISOTHERMS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; UV-VIS-DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84925379896     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2015.01.044     Document Type: Article

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