Facile fabrication of RGO/N-GZ mixed oxide nanocomposite for efficient hydrogen production under visible light

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 6634-6646

  Padhi, Deepak Kumar ^a,b   Parida, Kulamani ^a,c   Singh, S K ^a,b  

^a ACADEMY OF SCIENTIFIC AND INNOVATIVE RESEARCH ACSIR   (India)

^b CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^c SIKSHA O ANUSANDHAN DEEMED TO BE UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOPING (ADDITIVES); FABRICATION; GALLIUM ALLOYS; GRAPHENE; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; ZINC ALLOYS;

BET SURFACE AREA; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; FACILE FABRICATION; HYDROTHERMAL ROUTES; LARGE SURFACE AREA; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; PHOTOCURRENT MEASUREMENT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84925949949     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b00311     Document Type: Article

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