Photo-catalytic activity of Zn 1-xMn xS nanocrystals synthesized by wet chemical technique

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue , 2011, Pages 1-5

  Chitkara, Mansi ^a   Singh, Karamjit ^b   Sandhu, Inderjeet Singh ^a   Bhatti, Harbhajan Singh ^b  

^a CHITKARA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b PUNJABI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETERS; AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC STUDIES; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; ELECTRON MICROGRAPH; LUMINESCENCE QUANTUM YIELDS; LUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; METHYLENE BLUE DYE; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; NON-RADIATIVE RECOMBINATIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; POLY VINYL PYRROLIDONE; QUALITATIVE AND QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SYNTHESIZED MATERIALS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; WET CHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; WET CHEMICALS; ZINC BLENDE;

COPRECIPITATION; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; LUMINESCENCE; MANGANESE; NANOCRYSTALS; QUANTUM YIELD; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

CATALYST ACTIVITY;

EID: 84856026372     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276x-6-438     Document Type: Article

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