Facile synthesis of graphene-like copper oxide nanofilms with enhanced electrochemical and photocatalytic properties in energy and environmental applications

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 18, 2015, Pages 9682-9690

  Lu, Yang ^a,b   Liu, Xianming ^c   Qiu, Kangwen ^a   Cheng, Jinbing ^a   Wang, Weixiao ^a   Yan, Hailong ^a   Tang, Chengchun ^b   Kim, Jang Kyo ^d   Luo, Yongsong ^a  

^a XINYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEBEI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c LUOYANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

anodization; copper oxide; graphene like nanofilms; photocatalyst; supercapacitor electrode

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CAPACITANCE; CAPACITORS; COPPER; COPPER OXIDES; DEGRADATION; DYES; ELECTRODES; ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITORS; GRAPHENE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

ANODIZATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL PERFORMANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL APPLICATIONS; EXCELLENT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; LARGE-SCALE APPLICATIONS; NANO FILMS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SUPERCAPACITOR ELECTRODES;

ELECTROCHEMICAL ELECTRODES;

EID: 84929180100     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b01451     Document Type: Article

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