Photocatalytic performance of graphene/Ag/TiO2 hybrid nanocomposites

Carbon Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 247-254

  Lee, Jong Ho ^a   Kim, In Ki ^a   Cho, Donghwan ^b   Youn, Jeong Il ^c   Kim, Young Jig ^c   Oh, Han Jun ^a  

^a Hanseo University   (South Korea)

^b Kumoh National Institute of Technology   (South Korea)

^c Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Anodization; Graphene; Photocatalyst; Silver nanoparticles; Titania nanotube

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROPHORESIS; METAL IONS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; YARN;

AG/TIO 2; ANODIZATIONS; GRAPHENE/AG; HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTUBE CATALYSTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SILVER PARTICLES; TIO 2 NANOTUBE; TITANIA NANOTUBES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84946029936     PISSN: 19764251     EISSN: 22334998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5714/CL.2015.16.4.247     Document Type: Article

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