Facile construction of ternary CuFe 2 O 4 -TiO 2 nanocomposite supported reduced graphene oxide (rGO) photocatalysts for the efficient hydrogen production

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 449, Issue , 2018, Pages 772-779

  Hafeez, Hafeez Yusuf ^a   Lakhera, Sandeep Kumar ^a   Karthik, Peramaiah ^a   Anpo, Masakazu ^b   Neppolian, Bernaurdshaw ^a  

^a SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

Author keywords

Copper ferrites; Hydrogen evolution; Nanocomposite; Photocatalyst; Reduced graphene oxide; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

CHARGE CARRIERS; COPPER ALLOYS; ENERGY GAP; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MAGNETIC MATERIALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SEPARATION; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; TITANIUM OXIDES;

COPPER FERRITES; HYDROGEN EVOLUTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE INTENSITIES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES; REDUCED GRAPHENE OXIDES (RGO);

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 85042192613     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.01.282     Document Type: Article

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