Photocurrent generation and conductivity relaxation in reduced graphene oxide Cd0.75Zn0.25S nanocomposite and its photocatalytic activity

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 48, 2014, Pages 28283-28290

  Chakrabarty, Sankalpita ^a   Chakraborty, Koushik ^a   Laha, Arnab ^a   Pal, Tanusri ^b   Ghosh, Surajit ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b MIDNAPORE COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CATALYST ACTIVITY; COMPLEXATION; GRAPHENE; IRRADIATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCURRENTS; ZINC;

CONDUCTIVITY RELAXATION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; INCIDENT LIGHT INTENSITY; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCURRENT GENERATIONS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; THERMAL ACTIVATION ENERGIES;

ZINC SULFIDE;

EID: 84949117761     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp509575p     Document Type: Article

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