Photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes under UV-Visible light using capped ZnS nanoparticles

Solar Energy

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 626-633

  Sharma, Manoj ^a,b   Jain, Tarun ^a   Singh, Sukhvir ^c   Pandey, O P ^a  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB WORLD UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Electron hole pairs; Nanoparticles; Photocatalytic degradation; Solar energy; Zinc sulfide

Indexed keywords

BROMOPHENOL BLUE; CRYSTAL VIOLET; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; ENERGY SOURCE; HYDROXYL RADICALS; LOW ENERGIES; MORPHOLOGICAL STUDY; NANO SCALE; ORGANIC DYE; OXIDATIVE AGENTS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; POLLUTED WATER; PURIFICATION TECHNIQUES; REACTIVE RED DYE; SAFE DISPOSALS; STANDARD METHOD; TEXTILE WASTEWATER; THIOGLYCEROL; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATIONS; UV-VISIBLE; WASTE GENERATION; WATER STREAMS; ZNS NANOPARTICLES;

DEGRADATION; DYES; ENERGY CONVERSION; EXCITONS; NANOPARTICLES; OZONIZATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PURIFICATION; RADIATION DECONTAMINATION; SOLAR ENERGY; SUN; TEXTILE FINISHING; TEXTILE PROCESSING; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER DISPOSAL; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC SULFIDE;

IRRADIATION;

CATALYSIS; DETOXIFICATION; DYE; ELECTRON; FILTRATION; HYDROXYL RADICAL; IRRADIANCE; LIGHT EFFECT; MINERALIZATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PURIFICATION; SOLAR POWER; SOLAR RADIATION; SULFIDE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISIBLE SPECTRUM; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER; WATER POLLUTION; ZINC;

EID: 84855192739     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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