Enhanced visible light photocurrent response and photodegradation efficiency over TiO2-graphene nanocomposite pillared with tin porphyrin

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 466, Issue , 2016, Pages 310-321

  Zargari, Solmaz ^a   Rahimi, Rahmatollah ^a   Ghaffarinejad, Ali ^a   Morsali, Ali ^b  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Photocatalysis; Photosensitize; Pillared graphitic nanostructure; Tin porphyrin

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CATALYSTS; CHARGE TRANSFER; ELECTRODES; LIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOCURRENTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; PORPHYRINS; TIN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CHARGE TRANSFER MECHANISMS; DEGRADATION OF METHYL ORANGES; FUNCTIONALIZED GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTODEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; PHOTOSENSITIZE; TIN PORPHYRINS;

GRAPHENE;

DYE; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITE; NANOSHEET; PROTOPORPHYRIN TIN; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CATALYST; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRODE; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; MOLECULAR STABILITY; PHOTOACTIVATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SENSITIZATION; SYNTHESIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84962257829     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.12.046     Document Type: Article

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