Magnetic Co@g-C3N4 core-shells on rGO sheets for momentum transfer with catalytic activity toward continuous-flow hydrogen generation

Langmuir

Volumn 32, Issue 25, 2016, Pages 6272-6281

  Duan, Shasha ^a   Han, Guosheng ^a   Su, Yongheng ^b   Zhang, Xiaoyu ^a   Liu, Yanyan ^a   Wu, Xianli ^a   Li, Baojun ^a,c  

^a ZHENGZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BATCH REACTORS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; HYDROGEN; MAGNETIC CORES; MAGNETIC FIELDS; MAGNETISM; MOMENTUM; MOMENTUM TRANSFER; NANOMAGNETICS; NANOSHEETS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

CATALYTIC ACTIVE SITES; COMPOSITE DESIGNS; CONTINUOUS-FLOW PROCESS; CORE SHELL STRUCTURE; EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; FABRICATION PROCESS; HYDROGEN GENERATIONS; MULTIFUNCTIONAL COMPOSITES;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 84976592788     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01248     Document Type: Article

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