Improvement of photocatalytic degradation of naphthol green B under solar light using aluminum doping of zinc oxide nanoparticles

Water, Air, and Soil Pollution

Volumn 223, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 4615-4626

  Saber, Osama ^a,b   El Brolossy, Tarek A ^a,c   Al Jaafari, Abdullah A ^a  

^a KING FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b EGYPTIAN PETROLEUM RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Egypt)

^c Ain Shams University   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Aluminum doping; Naphthol Green B; Optical properties; Photocatalytic degradation; Solar light; ZnO nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

AL CONTENT; AL-DOPED ZNO; BAND GAP ENERGY; FAST TRANSFER; HEAVILY DOPED; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; SOLAR LIGHT; SOLVENT-THERMAL METHOD; SUNLIGHT IRRADIATION; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; ZNO; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

DYES; ENERGY GAP; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MINERALOGY; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; ZINC OXIDE;

ALUMINUM;

ALUMINUM; DYE; NANOPARTICLE; NAPHTHOL GREEN B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE;

ALUMINUM; DYE; MINERALIZATION; OPTICAL PROPERTY; PHOTODEGRADATION; SOLAR RADIATION; ZINC;

ARTICLE; BAND GAP ENERGY; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DECOLORIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; ENERGY; MINERALIZATION; PHOTODEGRADATION; SOLAR RADIATION; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84865513862     PISSN: 00496979     EISSN: 15732932     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11270-012-1222-5     Document Type: Article

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