Excellent photocatalytic performance of Zn(1 - x)MgxO/rGO nanocomposites under natural sunlight irradiation and their photovoltaic and UV detector applications

Materials and Design

Volumn 107, Issue , 2016, Pages 47-55

  Kharatzadeh, Anis ^a   Jamali Sheini, Farid ^a   Yousefi, Ramin ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Graphene; Optical properties; Photocatalyst; Photovoltaic; Ultraviolet detector; Zn(1 x)MgxO rGO nanocomposites

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLAR CELLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET DETECTORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

NANOPARTICLE (NPS); PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOVOLTAIC; PHOTOVOLTAIC PERFORMANCE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); SOLAR-CELL APPLICATIONS; SYNTHESIS PROCESS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84973459190     PISSN: 02641275     EISSN: 18734197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matdes.2016.06.007     Document Type: Article

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