Graphdiyne-ZnO Nanohybrids as an Advanced Photocatalytic Material

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 38, 2015, Pages 22057-22065

  Thangavel, Sakthivel ^a,b   Krishnamoorthy, Karthikeyan ^a   Krishnaswamy, Velmurugan ^b   Raju, Nandhakumar ^b   Kim, Sang Jae ^a,c   Venugopal, Gunasekaran ^b,d  

^a Jeju National University   (South Korea)

^b KARUNYA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Georgia Institute of Technology   (United States)

^d TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AZO DYES; CARBON; CHARGE TRANSFER; DYES; HYBRID MATERIALS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; RATE CONSTANTS;

CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HYBRID PHOTOCATALYSTS; INTERFACIAL CHARGE TRANSFER; PHOTOCATALYTIC MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOCATALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOCATALYST;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84942531771     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b06138     Document Type: Article

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