Reduced graphene oxide wrapped Cu2O supported on C3N4: An efficient visible light responsive semiconductor photocatalyst

APL Materials

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 2015, Pages

  Ganesh Babu, S ^a   Vinoth, R ^a   Surya Narayana, P ^a   Bahnemann, Detlef ^b   Neppolian, B ^a  

^a SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

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EID: 84940572015     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2166532X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4928286     Document Type: Article

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