Ruthenium Dye N749 Covalently Functionalized Reduced Graphene Oxide: A Novel Photocatalyst for Visible Light H2 Evolution

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 119, Issue 50, 2015, Pages 27892-27899

  Huang, Jie ^a,b   Wang, Dandan ^a   Yue, Zongkuan ^a   Li, Xia ^a   Chu, Dongmei ^a   Yang, Ping ^a  

^a SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SUZHOU INSTITUTE OF NANO TECH AND NANO BIONICS   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CATALYST ACTIVITY; FLUORESCENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PLATINUM; QUENCHING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

FLUORESCENCE QUENCHING; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTO-INDUCED ELECTRON TRANSFER; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOCURRENT RESPONSE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84951948015     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.5b09483     Document Type: Article

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