Synthesis of CuO/Co3O4 coaxial heterostructures for efficient and recycling photodegradation

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Chen, R X ^a   Zhu, S L ^a,b   Mao, J ^a,b   Cui, Z D ^a   Yang, X J ^a,b   Liang, Y Q ^a,b   Li, Z Y ^a,b  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b TIANJIN KEY LABORATORY OF COMPOSITE AND FUNCTIONAL MATERIALS   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; DYES; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANORODS; PHOTODEGRADATION; RECYCLING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLAR LIGHT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; CU WIRES; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; MORPHOLOGY AND COMPOSITION; PHOTO DEGRADATION; SIMPLE++; SOLID PRECURSORS; SYNTHESISED; WIRE MESHES; X- RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

COPPER OXIDES;

EID: 84950144428     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1687529X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/183468     Document Type: Article

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