Reduced graphene oxide (rGO) decorated TiO2microspheres for visible-light photocatalytic reduction of Cr(VI)

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 690, Issue , 2017, Pages 771-776

  Liu, Lei ^a   Luo, Cui ^a   Xiong, Juan ^a   Yang, Zhixian ^a   Zhang, Yabin ^a   Cai, Yaxuan ^a   Gu, Haoshuang ^a  

^a HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cr(VI) photocatalytic reduction; Hydrothermal; Reduced graphene oxide; TiO2

Indexed keywords

COMPLEXATION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSHEETS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROTHERMAL; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); TIO2; TWO-STEP HYDROTHERMAL METHOD; UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

CHROMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84984622761     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.08.197     Document Type: Article

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