Self-assembled 3D ACF-rGO-TiO2 composite as efficient and recyclable spongy adsorbent for organic dye removal

Materials and Design

Volumn 83, Issue , 2015, Pages 522-527

  Feng, Bing ^a   Xu, Xiaoyong ^a,b   Xu, Wei ^a   Zhou, Gang ^a   Hu, Jingguo ^a   Wang, Yali ^a   Bao, Zhijia ^a  

^a YANGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Organic dye removal; Reduced graphene oxide; Three dimensional macroscopic framework; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATED CARBON; ADSORBENTS; COMPOSITE FILMS; DYES; GRAPHENE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SELF ASSEMBLY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

ADSORPTION CAPACITIES; NANOSCALE BUILDING BLOCKS; ORGANIC DYE; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); THREEDIMENSIONAL (3-D);

COMPLEXATION;

EID: 84941552905     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2015.06.061     Document Type: Article

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