Unprecedented photocatalytic activity of carbon coated/MoO3 core-shell nanoheterostructurs under visible light irradiation

Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures

Volumn 79, Issue , 2016, Pages 1-7

  Ghaffar, Iqra ^a   Warsi, Muhammad Farooq ^a   Shahid, Muhammad ^a   Shakir, Imran ^b  

^a THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Graphene; Heterostructure; MoO3; Photocatalyst; Visible light

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; GRAPHENE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLYBDENUM OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; NANOWIRES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SOLUTIONS;

CARBON-COATED; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; METHYLENE BLUE; MOO3; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

LIGHT;

EID: 84954475645     PISSN: 13869477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2015.11.040     Document Type: Article

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