Photocatalytic properties of graphene-sno2-pmma nanocomposite in the degradation of methylene blue dye under direct sunlight irradiation

Materials Express

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 319-326

  Shanmugam, Mahalingam ^a   Alsalme, Ali ^b   Alghamdi, Abdulaziz ^b   Jayavel, Ramasamy ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Dye degradation; G SnO2< inf> PMMA nanocomposite; Graphene; One pot synthesis; Sunlight irradiation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930700714     PISSN: 21585849     EISSN: 21585857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/mex.2015.1246     Document Type: Article

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