Ternary system of ZnO nanorods/reduced graphene oxide/CuInS2 quantum dots for enhanced photocatalytic performance

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 734, Issue , 2018, Pages 196-203

  Xu, Tingting ^a   Hu, Jinglu ^a   Yang, Yawei ^b   Que, Wenxiu ^b   Yin, Xingtian ^b   Wu, Hongjing ^a   Chen, Lixin ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CuInS2 quantum dots (QDs); Photocatalytic; Reduced graphene oxide (RGO); ZnO

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER; COPPER COMPOUNDS; GRAPHENE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCRYSTALS; NANORODS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; RHODAMINE B; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TERNARY SYSTEMS; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYSTS; CUINS2 QUANTUM DOTS (QDS); ENHANCED LIGHT ABSORPTIONS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO); VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

INDIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 85033397298     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.10.275     Document Type: Article

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