Highly enhanced stability and efficiency for atmospheric ammonia photocatalysis by hot electrons from a graphene composite catalyst with Al2O3

Carbon

Volumn 124, Issue , 2017, Pages 72-78

  Yang, Yang ^a   Zhang, Tengfei ^a   Ge, Zhen ^a   Lu, Yanhong ^b   Chang, Huicong ^a   Xiao, Peishuang ^a   Zhao, Ruiqi ^a   Ma, Yanfeng ^a   Chen, Yongsheng ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b LANGFANG TEACHERS UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGLOMERATION; AMMONIA; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CATALYSTS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HOT ELECTRONS; KINETIC THEORY;

AMMONIA SYNTHESIS; ATMOSPHERIC AMMONIA; COMPOSITE CATALYSTS; ELECTRON RESERVOIR; ENHANCED STABILITY; GRAPHENE COMPOSITES; LIGHT ILLUMINATION; SOLVOTHERMAL METHOD;

GRAPHENE;

EID: 85028039534     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2017.07.014     Document Type: Article

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