Facile synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles decorated graphene oxide composite via simple solvothermal route and their photocatalytic activity on methylene blue degradation

Journal of Photochemistry and Photobiology B: Biology

Volumn 162, Issue , 2016, Pages 500-510

  Atchudan, Raji ^a   Edison, Thomas Nesakumar Jebakumar Immanuel ^a   Perumal, Suguna ^b   Karthikeyan, Dhanapalan ^c   Lee, Yong Rok ^a  

^a Yeungnam University   (South Korea)

^b Kyungpook National University   (South Korea)

^c Arignar Anna College of Arts and Science   (India)

Author keywords

Degradation; Graphene oxide; Irradiation; Methylene blue; Photocatalyst; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

GRAPHENE; GRAPHENE OXIDE; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOCOMPOSITE; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; GRAPHITE; NANOPARTICLE; SOLVENT; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT ABSORPTION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; SCANNING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY TECHNIQUES, SYNTHETIC; GRAPHITE; METHYLENE BLUE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SOLVENTS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84978999402     PISSN: 10111344     EISSN: 18732682     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2016.07.019     Document Type: Article

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