Photocatalytic degradation of organic dyes using ZnO/CeO2 nanocomposite material under visible light

Advanced Materials Research

Volumn 584, Issue , 2012, Pages 381-385

  Saravanan, R ^a   Karthikeyan, N ^a   Govindan, S ^a   Narayanan, V ^a   Stephen, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

Author keywords

Nanorods; Photocatalyst; Visible light

Indexed keywords

BRUNAUER-EMMETT-TELLER METHOD; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH-RESOLUTION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPIES; ORGANIC DYE; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; SPECIFIC SURFACE; STRUCTURAL AND MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; SYNTHESIS PROCESS; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; ZNO;

COMPOSITE MATERIALS; DECOMPOSITION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANORODS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY SPECTROSCOPY;

PHOTODEGRADATION;

EID: 84869409537     PISSN: 10226680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.584.381     Document Type: Conference Paper

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