Cuboid-like Bi2Fe4O9/Ag with Graphene-Wrapping Tribrid Composite with Superior Capability for Environmental Decontamination: Nanoscaled Material Design and Visible-Light-Driven Multifunctional Catalyst

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 2726-2736

  Hu, Zhong Ting ^a   Lua, Shun Kuang ^a   Lim, Teik Thye ^a,b  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Bismuth ferrite; Graphene; Nanoarchitecture; Noble metal NPs; Visible light photo Fenton oxidation

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; GRAPHENE; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; MASS TRANSFER; OXIDATION; POLLUTION; PRECIOUS METALS; SILVER; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

BISMUTH FERRITES; MULTIFUNCTIONAL CATALYSTS; NANO-ARCHITECTURE; PHOTO-FENTON OXIDATIONS; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); SILVER NANOPARTICLES (AGNPS); VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84946148701     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5b00571     Document Type: Article

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