Visible light-induced degradation of methylene blue in the presence of photocatalytic ZnS and CdS nanoparticles

International Journal of Molecular Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 12242-12258

  Soltani, Nayereh ^a   Saion, Elias ^a   Hussein, Mohd Zobir ^a   Erfani, Maryam ^a   Abedini, Alam ^a   Bahmanrokh, Ghazaleh ^a   Navasery, Manizheh ^a   Vaziri, Parisa ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

CdS; Degradation; Methylene blue; Nanoparticles; pH; Photocatalytic; Visible light; ZnS

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM SULFIDE; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOPARTICLE; ZINC SULFIDE; CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; METAL NANOPARTICLE; SULFIDE; ZINC DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION KINETICS; LIGHT IRRADIANCE; MICROWAVE IRRADIATION; MOLECULAR IMAGING; PARTICLE SIZE; PH MEASUREMENT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REACTION TIME; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PH; PHOTOLYSIS;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROWAVES; PHOTOLYSIS; SULFIDES; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84867805919     PISSN: 16616596     EISSN: 14220067     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijms131012242     Document Type: Article

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