Facile one-pot synthesis of nickel-incorporated titanium dioxide/graphene oxide composites: Enhancement of photodegradation under visible-irradiation

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 377, Issue , 2016, Pages 301-310

  Pham, Thanh Truc ^a   Nguyen Huy, Chinh ^b   Shin, Eun Woo ^a  

^a University of Ulsan   (South Korea)

^b Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Graphene oxide; Microwave assisted; Nickel loading; Photocatalyst; Titanium dioxide; Visible sensitivity

Indexed keywords

ENERGY GAP; GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; RATE CONSTANTS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; MICROWAVE ASSISTED; NICKEL LOADING; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA (SSA); TITANIUM DIOXIDES (TIO2); VISIBLE SENSITIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

NICKEL COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84964043464     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.03.144     Document Type: Article

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