Three-Dimensional Graphene-TiO2 Nanocomposite Photocatalyst Synthesized by Covalent Attachment

ACS Omega

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 351-356

  Park, Jaehyeung ^a   Jin, Tong ^b   Liu, Chao ^b   Li, Gonghu ^b   Yan, Mingdi ^a,c  

^a University of Massachusetts Lowell   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

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EID: 85011831606     PISSN: None     EISSN: 24701343     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acsomega.6b00113     Document Type: Article

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