Ultraviolet to visible-light range photocatalytic activity of ZnO films prepared using sol-gel method: The influence of solvent

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 527, Issue , 2013, Pages 50-58

  Talebian, Nasrin ^a   Nilforoushan, Mohammad Reza ^b   Maleki, Najimeh ^a  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Keywords; Morphology; Sol gel; Solvent; Thin film; Wastewater treatment; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

1 ,4-BUTANEDIOL; 2-PROPANOL; CHEMICAL POLLUTANTS; CUPRATES; DIFFERENT SOLVENTS; DYE STRUCTURE; EXCITATION LIGHT SOURCES; KEY PARAMETERS; KEYWORDS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; TEXTILE INDUSTRY WASTEWATER; VISIBLE LIGHT; ZNO FILMS; ZNO THIN FILM;

AZO DYES; COPPER COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; ETHANOL; FILM PREPARATION; LIGHT; LIGHT SOURCES; METALLIC FILMS; METHANOL; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SODIUM; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SOLVENTS; TEXTILE INDUSTRY; THIN FILMS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ZINC OXIDE;

ORGANIC SOLVENTS;

EID: 84872614665     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2012.11.138     Document Type: Article

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