Photoelectrochemical Properties of Graphene and Its Derivatives
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Graphene Properties
3. Graphene Oxide Properties
4. Production
5. Photoelectrochemical Cells
6. Graphene and Graphene Oxide TiO2 Photocatalysers
7. Applications
7.1. Water Splitting to Produce H2
7.2. Electro-Catalysis: Degradation of Pollutants
7.3. Solar Cells
7.4. Other Applications Based in G/TiO2, rGO/TiO2 and GO/TiO2 Composites
8. Other Graphene-Based Photocatalytic Composites
8.1. Graphene-QD Composites as Photodetectors
8.2. Other Applications of Graphene-QD Composites
9. Conclusions
Conflict of Interest
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Adán-Más, A.; Wei, D. Photoelectrochemical Properties of Graphene and Its Derivatives. Nanomaterials 2013, 3, 325-356. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano3030325
Adán-Más A, Wei D. Photoelectrochemical Properties of Graphene and Its Derivatives. Nanomaterials. 2013; 3(3):325-356. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano3030325
Chicago/Turabian StyleAdán-Más, Alberto, and Di Wei. 2013. "Photoelectrochemical Properties of Graphene and Its Derivatives" Nanomaterials 3, no. 3: 325-356. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano3030325