Nanostructured Graphene-Titanium Dioxide Composites Synthesized by a Single-Step Aerosol Process for Photoreduction of Carbon Dioxide

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 31, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 428-434

  Wang, Wei Ning ^a   Jiang, Yi ^a   Fortner, John D ^a   Biswas, Pratim ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST LOUIS   (United States)

Author keywords

carbon neutrality; crumpling; photocatalysis; solar energy; spray pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; GRAPHENE; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; SPRAY PYROLYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

CARBON NEUTRALITIES; CRUMPLING; ELECTRON TRAPPING; NANOPARTICLE (NPS); NANOSTRUCTURED COMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); SYNTHESIS TEMPERATURES;

CARBON DIOXIDE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; GRAPHENE NANOSHEET; NANOSHEET; TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOPARTICLE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; FAST ELECTRON RADIATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SOLAR ENERGY; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84978149819     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: 15579018     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2013.0473     Document Type: Article

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