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photocatalytic activity in the degradation of organic pollutants. Carbon 50:5256–5264
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mesoporous TiO 2 –graphene composites for photodegradation of acetone in air. Appl Catal B
119:109–116
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photocatalyst with two-channel electron conduction path for significantly enhanced
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present and future. Prog Mater Sci 56:1178–1271
Some S, Kim Y, Hwang E, Yoo H, Lee H (2012) Binol salt as a completely removable graphene
surfactant. Chem Commun 48:7732–7734
Štengl VC, Popelková D, Vláčil P (2011) TiO 2 –graphene nanocomposite as high performance
photocatalysts. J Phys Chem C 115:25209–25218
Subrahmanyam K, Panchakarla L, Govindaraj A, Rao C (2009) Simple method of preparing
graphene flakes by an arc-discharge method. J Phys Chem C 113:4257–4259
Sun Y, Zhao Z, Dong F, Zhang W (2015) Mechanism of visible light photocatalytic NO x oxidation
with plasmonic Bi cocatalyst-enhanced (BiO) 2 CO 3 hierarchical microspheres. Phys Chem
Chem Phys 17:10383–10390
Szabo A, Ostlund NS (2012) Modern quantum chemistry: introduction to advanced electronic
structure theory. McGraw-Hill, New York
Sze SM (2008) Semiconductor devices: physics and technology, 2nd edn. Wiley, New York
Tang Y, Luo S, Teng Y, Liu C, Xu X, Zhang X, Chen L (2012) Efficient removal of herbicide
2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid from water using Ag/reduced graphene oxide co-decorated
TiO 2 nanotube arrays. J Hazard Mater 241:323–330
Tao W, Chang J, Wu D, Gao Z, Duan X, Xu F, Jiang K (2013) Solvothermal synthesis of grapheneSb 2 S 3 composite and the degradation activity under visible light. Mater Res Bull 48:538–543.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2012.11.053
Tung VC, Allen MJ, Yang Y, Kaner RB (2009) High-throughput solution processing of large-scale
graphene. Nat Nanotechnol 4:25–29
Ullah K, Meng Z-D, Ye S, Zhu L, Oh W-C (2014) Synthesis and characterization of novel PbS–
graphene/TiO 2 composite with enhanced photocatalytic activity. J Ind Eng Chem
20:1035–1042. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jiec.2013.06.040
Upadhyay RK, Soin N, Roy SS (2014) Role of graphene/metal oxide composites as photocatalysts,
adsorbents and disinfectants in water treatment: a review. RSC Adv 4:3823–3851
USEPA (2014) Drinking water and groundwater quality standards. USEPA, New York
Van Bommel A, Crombeen J, Van Tooren A (1975) LEED and Auger electron observations of the
SiC(0001) surface. Surf Sci 48:463–472
Vayssieres L (2010) On solar hydrogen and nanotechnology. Wiley, New York, pp 1–665
Wang Y, Shi R, Lin J, Zhu Y (2010) Significant photocatalytic enhancement in methylene blue
degradation of TiO 2 photocatalysts via graphene-like carbon in situ hybridization. Appl Catal B
100:179–183
Wang C, Feng C, Gao Y, Ma X, Wu Q, Wang Z (2011a) Preparation of a graphene-based magnetic
nanocomposite for the removal of an organic dye from aqueous solution. Chem Eng J
173:92–97
Wang Z, Mao F, Huang X, Huang Y, Feng S, Yi J, Zhang C, Wei H, Liu S (2011b) Orthogonal test
design for preparation of TiO 2 /Graphene composites and study on its photocatalytic activity.
Rare Metals 30:271–275
Wang H, Zhang D, Yan T, Wen X, Shi L, Zhang J (2012a) Graphene prepared via a novel pyridine–
thermal strategy for capacitive deionization. J Mater Chem 22:23745–23748
Wang P, Ao Y, Wang C, Hou J, Qian J (2012b) A one-pot method for the preparation of graphene–
Bi 2 MoO 6 hybrid photocatalysts that are responsive to visible-light and have excellent
photocatalytic activity in the degradation of organic pollutants. Carbon 50:5256–5264
Wang W, Yu J, Xiang Q, Cheng B (2012c) Enhanced photocatalytic activity of hierarchical macro/
mesoporous TiO 2 –graphene composites for photodegradation of acetone in air. Appl Catal B
119:109–116
Wang H, Zhang D, Yan T, Wen X, Zhang J, Shi L, Zhong Q (2013a) Three-dimensional
macroporous graphene architectures as high performance electrodes for capacitive deionization.
J Mater Chem A 1:11778–11789
Wang W, Lu C, Ni Y, Xu Z (2013b) Fabrication of CNTs and GP/AuGP modified TiO 2
photocatalyst with two-channel electron conduction path for significantly enhanced
photocatalytic activity. Appl Catal B 129:606–613
32
F. Opoku et al.