Facile room-temperature synthesis of carboxylated graphene oxide-copper sulfide nanocomposite with high photodegradation and disinfection activities under solar light irradiation

Scientific Reports

Volumn 5, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yu, Shuyan ^a   Liu, Jincheng ^a,b   Zhu, Wenyu ^a   Hu, Zhong Ting ^a   Lim, Teik Thye ^a,c   Yan, Xiaoli ^a,c,d  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b GUANGDONG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d Environmental and Water Technology Centre of Innovation   (Singapore)

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EID: 84946893822     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep16369     Document Type: Article

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