Fabrication of efficient visible light activated Cu-P25-graphene ternary composite for photocatalytic degradation of methyl blue

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 356, Issue , 2015, Pages 707-718

  Jin, Zheng ^a   Duan, Wubiao ^a   Liu, Bo ^a   Chen, Xidong ^a   Yang, Feihua ^b   Guo, Jianping ^b  

^a BEIJING JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Academy of Sciences Research   (China)

Author keywords

Cu; Graphene; Methyl blue; P25; pH values; Photocatalysis; Visible light; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

COPPER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; ENERGY GAP; FABRICATION; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCOMPOSITES; PH; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GRAPHENE NANOCOMPOSITES; METHYL BLUE; PH VALUE; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE LIGHT; WATER SPLITTING;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84947723764     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.08.122     Document Type: Article

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