High photocatalytic and photo-Fenton-like activities of ZnO-reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites in the degradation of malachite green in water

Micro and Nano Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 389-394

  He, H Y ^a   Fei, J ^a   Lu, J ^a  

^a SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE MINERALS; GRAPHENE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; RATE CONSTANTS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; ZINC OXIDE;

FENTON-LIKE REACTIONS; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOCOMPOSITES; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; INITIAL SOLUTION; KINETIC RATE CONSTANTS; MALACHITE GREEN; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTODEGRADATION RATE;

OXIDATION;

GRAPHENE OXIDE; MALACHITE GREEN; NANOCOMPOSITE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; FENTON REACTION; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; POWDER DIFFRACTION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84939499814     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2014.0551     Document Type: Article

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