PTh-rGO-TiO2 nanocomposite for photocatalytic hydrogen production and dye degradation

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology A: Chemistry

Volumn 329, Issue , 2016, Pages 105-112

  Kalyani, Rajendran ^a   Gurunathan, Karuppasamy ^a  

^a ALAGAPPA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Dye degradation; Nanocomposite; Photocatalytic water splitting; Polythiophene; Reduced graphene oxide; TiO2

Indexed keywords

EID: 84978153330     PISSN: 10106030     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotochem.2016.05.026     Document Type: Article

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