Anchoring of Ag-Au alloy nanoparticles on reduced graphene oxide sheets for the reduction of 4-nitrophenol

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 389, Issue , 2016, Pages 1050-1055

  Hareesh, H K ^a   Joshi, R P ^a   D V , Sunitha ^b   Bhoraskar, V N ^a   Dhole, S D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUNE   (India)

^b REVA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

4 Nitrophenol; Ag Au alloy nanoparticles; Catalytic reduction; rGO

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; GOLD ALLOYS; GOLD NANOPARTICLES; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

4-NITROPHENOL; AG-AU ALLOYS; CATALYTIC REDUCTION; DISORDER PARAMETERS; ENHANCED CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); SIMULTANEOUS REDUCTION;

SILVER ALLOYS;

EID: 84981502072     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.08.034     Document Type: Article

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