Application of KZnF3 as a single source precursor for the synthesis of nanocrystals of ZnO2:F and ZnO:F; synthesis, characterization, optical, and photocatalytic properties

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 115, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 10131-10139

  Ahmad, Shahzad ^a   Kharkwal, Mamta ^a   Govind, ^b   Nagarajan, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BAND-EDGE EMISSIONS; BAND-GAP VALUES; CORE LEVELS; CUBIC PEROVSKITE; DECAY TIME; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; DIRECT BONDING; DOPED SAMPLE; DOPED ZNO; DYE SOLUTIONS; EXCITONIC ABSORPTION; FLUORIDE ION; HIGH RESOLUTION; IR AND RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; LOW-TEMPERATURE OXIDATION; METHYLENE BLUE; MIXED METAL FLUORIDES; NANO POWDERS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; PURE ZNO; RAMAN BANDS; RED SHIFT; SINGLE-SOURCE PRECURSOR; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGES; VIOLET EMISSION; VISIBLE EMISSIONS; VISIBLE IRRADIATION; WURTZITES; XPS MEASUREMENTS; ZNO;

CRYSTALLITE SIZE; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; DIFFRACTION PATTERNS; FLUORINE; INTERFEROMETRY; IONS; NANOCRYSTALLINE POWDERS; NANOCRYSTALS; OXYGEN; OXYGEN VACANCIES; PEROVSKITE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; POWDER METALS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC SULFIDE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 79959963007     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp201292d     Document Type: Article

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