Reduced graphene oxide as co-catalyst for enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity of BiOBr

Ceramics International

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2016, Pages 16463-16468

  Jiang, Tingting ^a   Li, Jinliang ^a   Sun, Zhuo ^a   Liu, Xinjuan ^b   Lu, Ting ^a   Pan, Likun ^a  

^a East China Normal University   (China)

^b CHINA JILIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

BiOBr; Nitrobenzene; Photocatalysis; Reduced graphene oxide

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CARBON; COMPLEXATION; COMPOSITE FILMS; DEGRADATION; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; GAS ADSORPTION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NITROBENZENE; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

BIOBR; ELECTROCHEMICAL IMPEDANCE SPECTRA; NITROGEN ADSORPTION DESORPTION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); VIS ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 85027938570     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2016.06.079     Document Type: Article

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