Smart chemical sensor and active photo-catalyst for environmental pollutants

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 178-184

  Faisal, M ^a   Khan, Sher Bahadar ^a,b   Rahman, Mohammed M ^a   Jamal, Aslam ^a   Asiri, Abdullah M ^b   Abdullah, M M ^a  

^a NAJRAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Chemical sensing; Optical properties; Photocatalytic activity; Structural properties; ZnO CeO2 nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

ACRIDINE ORANGE; ANALYTICAL PERFORMANCE; AVERAGE DIAMETER; CHEMICAL SENSING; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ETHANOL SENSORS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FTIR; IRRADIATION TIME; LOW-TEMPERATURE PROCESS; LOWER DETECTION LIMIT; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOMATERIAL; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SHORT RESPONSE TIME; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA; XRD; ZNO-CEO2 NANOPARTICLES;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ETHANOL; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

DEGRADATION;

EID: 80052276447     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.07.067     Document Type: Article

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