Graphene-enhanced visible-light photocatalysis of large-sized CdS particles for wastewater treatment

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-7

  Lü, Wei ^a   Chen, Jie ^a   Wu, Yao ^a   Duan, Lianfeng ^a   Yang, Yue ^a   Ge, Xin ^b  

^a CHANGCHUN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF APPLIED CHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

CdS; Graphene; Photocatalysis; Wastewater treatment

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CATALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AVERAGE SIZE; GRAPHENE SHEETS; GRAPHITE OXIDE; HYBRID COMPOSITES; PHOTODEGRADATION RATE; SOLVOTHERMAL ROUTE; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84930663547     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-148     Document Type: Article

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