Significant visible-light photocatalytic enhancement in Rhodamine B degradation of silver orthophosphate via the hybridization of N-doped graphene and poly(3-hexylthiophene)

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 315, Issue , 2016, Pages 23-34

  Zhang, Yanlin ^a   Xie, Churu ^a   Gu, Feng Long ^a   Wu, Honghai ^a   Guo, Qiang ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Composite materials; N doped graphene; Photocatalytic degradation; Poly(3 hexylthiophene); Silver orthophosphate

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GRAPHENE; LIGHT; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT;

N-DOPED; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; POLY (3-HEXYLTHIOPHENE); REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES; VISIBLE-LIGHT ABSORBANCE; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

SILVER;

GRAPHENE OXIDE; PHOSPHATE; POLY(3 HEXYLTHIOPHENE); POLYMER; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; RHODAMINE B; SILVER ORTHOPHOSPHATE; SUPEROXIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBON; COMPOSITE; DYE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORTHOPHOSPHATE; OXIDATION; OXYGEN; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLLUTANT REMOVAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; RADICAL; REACTION KINETICS; SILVER;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; HYBRIDIZATION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLYSIS; PRECIPITATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84968756291     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2016.04.068     Document Type: Article

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