Synergistic effect between carbon nanomaterials and ZnO for photocatalytic water decontamination

Journal of Catalysis

Volumn 331, Issue , 2015, Pages 172-180

  Sampaio, M J ^a   Bacsa, R R ^b   Benyounes, A ^b   Axet, R ^b   Serp, P ^b   Silva, C G ^a   Silva, A M T ^a   Faria, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b LCC LABORATOIRE DE CHIMIE DE COORDINATION   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon materials; Composites; Phenol; Photocatalysis; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON NANOTUBES; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); EFFICIENCY; GAS ADSORPTION; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANODIAMONDS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTUBES; NITROGEN; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; TEMPERATURE PROGRAMMED DESORPTION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; YARN;

CARBON MATERIAL; CARBON NANO-MATERIALS; CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (CVD); FIRST-ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; NITROGEN DOPED CARBON NANOTUBES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; WATER DECONTAMINATION;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84942683941     PISSN: 00219517     EISSN: 10902694     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2015.08.011     Document Type: Article

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