Evolution of hierarchical hexagonal stacked plates of CuS from liquid - Liquid interface and its photocatalytic application for oxidative degradation of different dyes under indoor lighting

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 6313-6318

  Basu, Mrinmoyee ^c   Sinha, Arun Kumar ^c   Pradhan, Mukul ^c   Sarkar, Sougata ^c   Negishi, Yuichi ^a   Govind, ^b   Pal, Tarasankar ^c  

^a TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^c INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACETYLACETONATE COMPLEXES; AQUEOUS ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; BAND GAP ENERGY; BIPHASIC SYSTEMS; BLUE SOLUTION; COPPER (II); COPPER SULFIDES; DYE MOLECULE; DYE-CONTAMINATED WATERS; HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURES; INDOOR LIGHT; LIQUID-LIQUID INTERFACES; NANOPLATES; OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; REACTION CONDITIONS; SOLID MASS; TEST TUBE; THIOACETAMIDE; VISIBLE LIGHT;

COMPLEXATION; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DICHLOROMETHANE; LIQUIDS; NANOSTRUCTURES; WATER POLLUTION;

PHASE INTERFACES;

COPPER SULFIDE; EOSIN; MALACHITE GREEN; METHYL ORANGE; METHYL RED; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOMATERIAL; RHODAMINE B; SULFIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CATALYSIS; CLEANUP; COPPER COMPOUND; DYE; ETHANOL; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; WATER POLLUTION;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DISPERSION; ILLUMINATION; LOW TEMPERATURE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDATION; PH; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WASTE WATER;

CATALYSIS; COLORING AGENTS; COPPER; ELECTRONS; LIGHT; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOSTRUCTURES; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 77956520621     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es101323w     Document Type: Article

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