Synthesis and characterisation of alkali metal (Mn, Fe) oxide-ZnO nanorod composites and their photocatalytic decolourization of rhodamine B under visible light

Materials Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 380-387

  Cai, X Y ^a   Liu, Y J ^a   Zeng, H ^a   Cai, Y ^a   Li, H ^a   Zhang, F ^a   Wang, Y D ^a  

^a YUNNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nanorod composites; Photocatalysis; Rhodaming B; ZnO

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGIC TREATMENT; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; CRYSTALLINE PHASE; FE CONTENT; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; INITIAL STAGES; LANGMUIR-HINSHELWOOD; LOW TEMPERATURES; NANOSTRUCTURED COMPOSITES; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; OXIDE PARTICLES; PHOTOACTIVITY; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOLOURIZATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PREPARATION PROCESS; REMOVAL CAPACITY; RHODAMINE B; SEMICONDUCTOR PHOTOCATALYST; STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; WATER BATHS; ZNO;

ALKALI METALS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; MANGANESE; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANORODS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

MANGANESE REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 84868011593     PISSN: 10667857     EISSN: 17535557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/1753555712Y.0000000023     Document Type: Article

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