Synergetic effect of functionalized carbon nanotubes on ZnCr-mixed metal oxides for enhanced solar light-driven photocatalytic performance

RSC Advances

Volumn 6, Issue 44, 2016, Pages 37689-37700

  Zhu, Yajie ^a,b   Wu, Pingxiao ^a,b,c   Yang, Shanshan ^a,b   Lu, Yonghong ^a,b   Li, Wen ^a,b   Zhu, Nengwu ^a,c   Dang, Zhi ^a,b   Huang, Ziyan ^a,b  

^a SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c Guangdong Environmental Protection Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Recycling   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOTUBES; YARN;

FUNCTIONALIZED CARBON NANOTUBES; LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; SOLAR LIGHT IRRADIATION; STRUCTURE DEPENDENT; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION;

CARBON NANOTUBES;

EID: 84966318544     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c6ra05291f     Document Type: Article

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