Radiation synthesis of CdS/reduced graphene oxide nanocomposites for visible-light-driven photocatalytic degradation of organic contaminant

Radiation Physics and Chemistry

Volumn 123, Issue , 2016, Pages 79-86

  Fu, Xiaoyang ^a   Zhang, Youwei ^b   Cao, Pengfei ^a   Ma, Huiling ^c   Liu, Pinggui ^b   He, Lihua ^b   Peng, Jing ^a   Li, Jiuqiang ^a   Zhai, Maolin ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b BEIJING INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICAL MATERIALS   (China)

^c Beijing Research Center for Radiation Application   (China)

Author keywords

CdS reduced graphene oxide (CdS RGO) nanocomposites; Gamma ray radiation synthesis; Photo catalytic performance

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; COMPOSITE FILMS; DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GAMMA RAYS; GRAPHENE; GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IMPURITIES; LIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; SOLUTIONS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; GRAPHENE OXIDE NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; THERMAL GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CADMIUM CHLORIDE; CADMIUM SULFATE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; RHODAMINE B;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; DISPERSION; GAMMA IRRADIATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RADIATION DOSE; SYNTHESIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 84958968617     PISSN: 0969806X     EISSN: 18790895     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2016.02.016     Document Type: Article

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