Preparation, characterization, photoactivity and XPS studies of Ln2ZrTiO7 (Ln = Sm and Nd)

Ceramics International

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1347-1355

  Vijaya Kumar, B ^a   Velchuri, Radha ^a   Prasad, G ^a   Sreedhar, B ^b   Ravikumar, K ^b   Vithal, M ^a  

^a OSMANIA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Photocatalytic activity; Powder XRD; Sol gel; Transmission electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

3D PROFILE; CUBIC LATTICE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTRUM; METHYL ORANGE; PHOTOACTIVITY; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; POWDER XRD; PYROCHLORE STRUCTURES; SATELLITE PEAKS; SEM; SOL-GEL METHODS; SPACE GROUPS; TEM; TEM IMAGES; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION; XPS; XPS SPECTRA;

AZO DYES; BINDING ENERGY; ELECTRONS; GELS; LIGHT; NEODYMIUM; PHOTODEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZIRCONIUM;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 77950518439     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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