Non-hydrolytic synthesis and photo-catalytic studies of ZnO nanoparticles

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 175, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 450-457

  Wahab, Rizwan ^b   Hwang, I H ^a   Kim, Young Soon ^a   Musarrat, Javed ^b   Siddiqui, M A ^b   Seo, Hyung Kee ^c   Tripathy, Suraj Kumar ^d   Shin, Hyung Shik ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^d Korea Institute of Machine and Materials   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Photo catalytic degradation; Photoluminescence (PL); X ray diffraction (XRD); X ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS)

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; CRYSTALLINITIES; DEGUSSA; MASS SPECTROSCOPY; METHYL ORANGE; OCTADECYLAMINES; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCHEMICAL DEGRADATION; ROOM-TEMPERATURE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SPHERICAL PARTICLE; VIOLET REGION; WELL-DISPERSED; WURZITE; X-RAY DIFFRACTION (XRD); X-RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY (XPS); XRD TECHNIQUE; ZINC ACETATE; ZNO; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

AZO DYES; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DEGRADATION; HYDRATES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 80755145525     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2011.09.055     Document Type: Article

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