α-Fe2O3/reduced graphene oxide nanorod as efficient photocatalyst for methylene blue degradation

Materials Research Innovations

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 258-264

  Muthukrishnaraj, A ^a   Vadivel, S ^a   Kamalakannan, V P ^a   Balasubramanian, N ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Graphene; Methylene blue; Photocatalysis; Solvothermal; Fe2O3 RGO

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; HEMATITE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NANORODS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; METHYLENE BLUE; METHYLENE BLUE DEGRADATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SOLVOTHERMAL; UV DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

EID: 84941340877     PISSN: 14328917     EISSN: 1433075X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1433075X14Y.0000000251     Document Type: Article

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