Nematic shaped cadmium sulfide doped electrospun nanofiber mat: Highly efficient, reusable, solar light photocatalyst

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 409, Issue , 2012, Pages 21-29

  Afeesh, R ^a   Barakat, Nasser A M ^a,b   Al Deyab, Salem S ^c   Yousef, Ayman ^a   Kim, Hak Yong ^a  

^a Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^b Minia University   (Egypt)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Cadmium sulfide; CdS doped polymer; Electrospinning; Photocatalyst; Solar light

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; ELECTROSPINNING; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; NANOFIBERS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLYMERS;

CDS; CDS NANOPARTICLES; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; ELECTROSPUNS; HIGH YIELD; LIGHT RADIATION; LOW COSTS; METHYL RED; METHYLENE BLUE; OPEN WATER SURFACE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCORROSION; PHYSIOCHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION; POLYMERIC NANOFIBERS; SOLAR LIGHT;

PHOTOCATALYSTS;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; DYE; METHYL RED; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOFIBER; NANOPARTICLE; VINYL ACETATE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; COLLOID; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST; ELECTROSPINNING; HYBRID; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION; SUNLIGHT; TECHNOLOGY; WATER TREATMENT;

EID: 84863874954     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.05.021     Document Type: Article

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