Enhanced photocatalytic performance of the graphene-V2O5 nanocomposite in the degradation of methylene blue dye under direct sunlight

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 7, Issue 27, 2015, Pages 14905-14911

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

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

graphene; nanocomposite; photocatalytic MB dye degradation; simple solution mixing; sunlight irradiation; V2O5

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; GRAPHENE; IRRADIATION; LIGHT SOURCES; MIXING; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; RATE CONSTANTS; VANADIUM PENTOXIDE;

DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; DYE DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SOLUTION MIXING; SOLUTION MIXING METHODS; SUNLIGHT IRRADIATION; UV AND VISIBLE LIGHT; V2O5;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84937140983     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b02715     Document Type: Article

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