Raspberrylike SiO2@reduced graphene oxide@AgNP composite microspheres with high aqueous dispersity and excellent catalytic activity

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 6041-6046

  Xiao, Wei ^a   Zhang, Yanhua ^a   Liu, Bitao ^a  

^a CHONGQING UNIVERSITY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

catalytic reduction; graphene; microspheres; silver nanoparticles; sonication assisted self assembly

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; MICROSPHERES; NANOCOMPOSITE FILMS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYELECTROLYTES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILICA; SILICON; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; SIO2 NANOPARTICLES;

4-NITROPHENOL; CATALYTIC REDUCTION; CATIONIC POLYELECTROLYTE; COMPOSITE MICROSPHERES; DISPERSITY; LATERAL SIZES; RASPBERRY-LIKE STRUCTURES; WATER DISPERSITY;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84925758169     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b00296     Document Type: Article

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