UV-assisted construction of 3D hierarchical rGO/Bi2MoO6 composites for enhanced photocatalytic water oxidation

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 313, Issue , 2017, Pages 1447-1453

  Ke, Jun ^a,b   Duan, Xiaoguang ^b   Luo, Sheng ^a   Zhang, Huayang ^b   Sun, Hongqi ^b   Liu, Jie ^b   Tade, Moses ^b   Wang, Shaobin ^b  

^a WUHAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bi2MoO6; Graphene; Layered composite; Photocatalysis; Water oxidation

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COLLECTOR EFFICIENCY; METALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; WATER TREATMENT;

COUPLED PHOTOCATALYSTS; LAYERED COMPOSITES; ORGANIC POLLUTANT DEGRADATION; PHOTO-INDUCED CHARGE; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); SIMULATED SOLAR LIGHT; WATER OXIDATION;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 85027952278     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.11.048     Document Type: Article

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