A green approach to the fabrication of titania-graphene nanocomposites: Insights relevant to efficient photodegradation of Acid Orange 7 dye under solar irradiation

Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing

Volumn 25, Issue , 2014, Pages 219-230

  Muthirulan, P ^a   Nirmala Devi, C ^a   Meenakshi Sundaram, M ^a  

^a AYYA NADAR JANAKI AMMAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Acid orange 7 dye; Photocatalysis; Solar irradiation; TiO2 gr nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; CITRUS FRUITS; COMPLEXATION; COMPOSITE FILMS; DYES; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; IRRADIATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR RADIATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

ACID ORANGE 7 DYE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; NANO-COMPOSITE STRUCTURE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SOLAR IRRADIATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDES (TIO2);

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84946156147     PISSN: 13698001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mssp.2013.11.036     Document Type: Article

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