Role of particle size in visible light photocatalysis of Congo Red using TiO 2·[ZnFe 2O 4] x nanocomposites

Bulletin of Materials Science

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 499-506

  Narayan, Himanshu ^a   Alemu, Hailemichael ^b   Machel, Lebohang ^b   Sekota, Mantoa ^b   Thakurdesai, Madhavi ^c   Rao, T K Gundu ^d  

^a Department of Physics and Electronics ^*  (Lesotho)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF LESOTHO   (Lesotho)

^c BIRLA COLLEGE   (India)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

Author keywords

Nanocomposite; Photocatalysis; Titanium dioxide

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; CONGO RED; CUTOFF WAVELENGTHS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYZERS; PHOTOACTIVITY; POLYCRYSTALLINE SAMPLES; SEM; SIZE-DEPENDENT EFFECT; TIO; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

AZO DYES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; LINGUISTICS; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLID STATE REACTIONS; TITANIUM; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PARTICLE SIZE;

EID: 73349090919     PISSN: 02504707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12034-009-0074-0     Document Type: Article

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