Platinum-like Behavior of Reduced Graphene Oxide as a Cocatalyst on TiO 2 for the Efficient Photocatalytic Oxidation of Arsenite

Environmental Science and Technology Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 185-190

  Moon, Gun Hee ^a   Kim, Dong Hyo ^a   Kim, Hyoung Il ^a   Bokare, Alok D ^a   Choi, Wonyong ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

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EID: 84969277870     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23288930     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ez5000012     Document Type: Article

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