Well-aligned graphene oxide nanosheets decorated with zinc oxide nanocrystals for high performance photocatalytic application

International Journal of Nanoscience

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2015, Pages

  Kaviyarasu, K ^a,b   Magdalane, C Maria ^c   Manikandan, E ^b   Jayachandran, M ^d   Ladchumananandasivam, R ^e   Neelamani, S ^f   Maaza, M ^b  

^a SRI SANKARA ARTS AND SCIENCE COLLEGE   (India)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (South Africa)

^c ST XAVIER S COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

^d CENTRAL ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

^e Centro Federal de Educacao Tecnologica do Rio Grande do Norte   (Brazil)

^f KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Electrical characterization; Electron microscopy; Nanostructures; Raman spectroscopy; X ray photo emission spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRRADIATION; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOSHEETS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN SCATTERING; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAYS; ZINC OXIDE;

ELECTRICAL CHARACTERIZATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEET; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOSHEETS; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION; X RAY PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84929942930     PISSN: 0219581X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219581X15500076     Document Type: Article

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