Graphene-based semiconductor materials for photocatalytic applications

Graphene Science Handbook: Size-Dependent Properties

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 331-352

  Voon, Seen Yee ^a   Ong, Wee Jun ^a   Tan, Lling Lling ^a   Yong, Siek Ting ^a   Chai, Siang Piao ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

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CARBON DIOXIDE; ENERGY POLICY; HYDROGEN PRODUCTION; NANOCOMPOSITES; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SOL-GELS; WATER POLLUTION;

HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; LARGE SPECIFIC SURFACE AREAS; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION; RESEARCH COMMUNITIES; SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOCATALYST; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 84976289082     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
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