One-pot synthesis of multifunctional magnetic N-doped graphene composite for SERS detection, adsorption separation and photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine 6G

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 327, Issue , 2017, Pages 694-704

  Yang, Lingni ^a   Hu, Jiugang ^a   He, Lili ^a   Tang, Jia ^a   Zhou, Youchen ^a   Li, Jie ^a   Ding, Kuixing ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Magnetic separation; Photocatalytic degradation; R6G removal; SERS detection; Solvothermal synthesis; Fe2O3 N doped graphene composite

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); GRAPHENE; MAGNETIC SEPARATION; MAGNETISM; MOLECULES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SEPARATION; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

GRAPHENE COMPOSITES; INTERCONNECTED POROUS STRUCTURE; MULTIFUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; SCANNING AND TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SERS DETECTIONS; SOLVOTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; SURFACE ENHANCED RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 85030702791     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2017.06.162     Document Type: Article

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