Cuprous oxide nanocubes functionalized with graphene quantum dots and its application for methylene blue degradation

Subject Areas : Iranian Journal of Catalysis

Quyen Tran ¹ , Dang Pham ² , My Ngo ³ , Toan Pham ⁴ , Thien Doan ⁵ , Thanh Luong ⁶

1 - Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Technology, Can Tho University, 3/2 Street, Ninh Kieu District, Can Tho 900000, Vietnam
2 - Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Technology, Can Tho University, 3/2 Street, Ninh Kieu District, Can Tho 900000, Vietnam
3 - Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Technology, Can Tho University, 3/2 Street, Ninh Kieu District, Can Tho 900000, Vietnam
4 - Department of Chemistry, College of Natural Sciences, Can Tho University, 3/2 Street, Ninh Kieu District, Can Tho 900000, Vietnam
5 - Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Technology, Can Tho University, 3/2 Street, Ninh Kieu District, Can Tho 900000, Vietnam
6 - Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Technology, Can Tho University, 3/2 Street, Ninh Kieu District, Can Tho 900000, Vietnam

Received: 2021-11-14 Accepted : 2022-02-18 Published : 2022-03-01

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