One-step hydrothermal synthesis of ZnO hollow nanospheres uniformly grown on graphene for enhanced photocatalytic performance

Ceramics International

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 2074-2078

  Song, Yali ^a   Shao, Penghui ^a   Tian, Jiayu ^a   Shi, Wenxin ^a   Gao, Shanshan ^a   Qi, Jingyao ^a   Yan, Xiaoju ^b   Cui, Fuyi ^a  

^a HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

B. Nanocomposites; D. ZnO; Enhanced photocatalytic performance; Graphene; Hollow spheres

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; EFFICIENCY; ENERGY GAP; GRAPHENE; LIGHT; NANOSPHERES; PHOTODEGRADATION; RATE CONSTANTS; ZINC OXIDE;

HOLLOW SPHERE; INTERFACIAL CONTACT; METHYLENE BLUE DEGRADATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SEPARATION EFFICIENCY; VISIBLE-LIGHT ABSORBANCE; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; ZNO;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84947027287     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2015.09.082     Document Type: Article

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