New graphene-CoxZn1-xFe2O4 nano-heterostructures: Magnetically separable visible light photocatalytic materials

Ceramics International

Volumn 42, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 7647-7654

  Nazim, Sidra ^a   Kousar, Tehmina ^a   Shahid, Muhammad ^a   Khan, Muhammad Azhar ^a   Nasar, Gulfam ^a   Sher, Muhammad ^b   Warsi, Muhammad Farooq ^a  

^a THE ISLAMIA UNIVERSITY OF BAHAWALPUR   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SARGODHA   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Graphene; Magnetically separable; Nano heterostructures; Photocatalysis; Visible light

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHARGE TRANSFER; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRON COMPOUNDS; LIGHT; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

CHEMICAL CO-PRECIPITATION; MAGNETICALLY SEPARABLE; NANO-HETEROSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); UV-VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPIES; VIBRATING SAMPLE MAGNETOMETRY; VISIBLE LIGHT;

COBALT COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84956864178     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2016.01.177     Document Type: Article

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