Fabrication of 3D quasi-hierarchical Z-scheme RGO-Fe 2 O 3 -MoS 2 nanoheterostructures for highly enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic degradation

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 420, Issue , 2017, Pages 669-680

  Chen, Lixia ^a   He, Fang ^a   Zhao, Naiqin ^a,b   Guo, Ruisong ^a  

^a TIANJIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SynBio Research Platform   (China)

Author keywords

Heterostructure; MoS 2; Photocatalysts; RGO; Fe 2 O 3

Indexed keywords

EXCITONS; HETEROJUNCTIONS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; LAYERED SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLYBDENUM COMPOUNDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SEPARATION;

LARGE SPECIFIC SURFACE AREAS; MOS2; NANO-HETEROSTRUCTURES; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS; PHOTOGENERATED CARRIERS; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN;

HEMATITE;

EID: 85019986294     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2017.05.099     Document Type: Article

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