Cobalt-doped ZnS-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposite as an advanced photocatalytic material

Journal of Porous Materials

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 47-56

  Agorku, Eric Selorm ^a   Mamo, Messai Adenew ^a   Mamba, Bhekie Brilliance ^b   Pandey, Avinash Chandra ^c   Mishra, Ajay Kumar ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

Cobalt; Graphene; Indigo carmine; Photocatalysis; ZnS

Indexed keywords

COBALT; ENERGY GAP; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; LIGHT; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER TREATMENT; ZINC; ZINC SULFIDE; ZNS NANOPARTICLES;

COPRECIPITATION METHOD; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOCOMPOSITES; INDIGO CARMINE; LABORATORY EXPERIMENTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SURFACE AREA ANALYSIS;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84925535025     PISSN: 13802224     EISSN: 15734854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10934-014-9871-y     Document Type: Article

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