Hydrothermal synthesis of samarium doped nanotitania as highly efficient solar photocatalyst

Science of Advanced Materials

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 481-488

  Thomas, Jesty ^a   Kumar, K Praveen ^a   Mathew, Suresh ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anatase; Hydrothermal synthesis; Nanoparticles; Photocatalytic activity; Samarium doped TiO2

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956200624     PISSN: 19472935     EISSN: 19472943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/sam.2010.1112     Document Type: Article

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