Photocatalytic reduction synthesis of SrTiO3-graphene nanocomposites and their enhanced photocatalytic activity

Nanoscale Research Letters

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

  Xian, Tao ^a   Yang, Hua ^a   Di, Lijing ^a   Ma, Jinyuan ^a   Zhang, Haimin ^a   Dai, Jianfeng ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Photocatalysis; Photocatalytic mechanism

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PHOTODEGRADATION; STRONTIUM TITANATES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

FOURIER TRANSFORMED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84940173537     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-327     Document Type: Article

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