Improved Solar-Driven Photocatalytic Activity of Hybrid Graphene Quantum Dots/ZnO Nanowires: A Direct Z-Scheme Mechanism

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 367-375

  Ebrahimi, Mahdi ^a   Samadi, Morasae ^a   Yousefzadeh, Samira ^a   Soltani, Mojtaba ^a   Rahimi, Alireza ^b   Chou, Tsu Chin ^c   Chen, Li Chyong ^c   Chen, Kuei Hsien ^d   Moshfegh, Alireza Zaker ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM INDUSTRY RIPI   (Iran)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Graphene quantum dots; Heterogeneous photocatalysis; Photocatalytic activity; Scavengers; Visible light; Z scheme; ZnO nanowires

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; COST EFFECTIVENESS; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCRYSTALS; NANOWIRES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SCAVENGERS; VISIBLE LIGHT; Z-SCHEME; ZNO NANOWIRES;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 85008466037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b01738     Document Type: Article

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