Visible-light-induced heterostructured Zn-Al-In mixed metal oxide nanocomposite photocatalysts derived from a single precursor

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 467-474

  Fan, Guoli ^a   Sun, Wei ^a   Wang, Hui ^a   Li, Feng ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Indium oxide; Nanocomposite; Photocatalyst; Visible light; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

BAND GAPS; INDIUM OXIDE; LAYERED DOUBLE HYDROXIDES; LOW-TEMPERATURE NITROGEN; METHYLENE BLUE; MIXED METAL OXIDE; MOLAR RATIO; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; SINGLE PRECURSORS; SOLID-STATE NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; WELL-DISPERSED; ZNO;

DESORPTION; GAS ADSORPTION; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; RESONANCE; SPECTROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC ALLOYS; ZINC OXIDE;

ALUMINUM;

EID: 80053951756     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.09.054     Document Type: Article

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