Facile Synthesis of Mesoporous Reduced Graphene Oxide Microspheres with Well-Distributed Fe2O3 Nanoparticles for Photochemical Catalysis

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 55, Issue 40, 2016, Pages 10591-10599

  Xu, Zehai ^a   Li, Wanbin ^a   Zhang, Yufan ^b   Xue, Zhen ^a   Guo, Xinwen ^c   Zhang, Guoliang ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b University of California   (United States)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; GRAPHENE; MASS TRANSFER; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; METAL IONS; MICROSPHERES; NANOPARTICLES; ORGANIC ACIDS; SPRAY DRYING;

CATALYTIC EFFICIENCIES; FACILE SYNTHESIS; L-ASCORBIC ACID; MESOPOROUS STRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCHEMICAL CATALYSIS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; WELL-DISPERSED;

ASCORBIC ACID;

EID: 84991666678     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b01004     Document Type: Article

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