Preparation and characterization of Li-doped ZnO nano-sized powders for photocatalytic applications

Materials Science Forum

Volumn 734, Issue , 2013, Pages 90-116

  Ganesh, Ibram ^a   Sekhar, P S C ^a   Padmanabham, G ^a   Sundararajan, G ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL ADVANCED RESEARCH CENTRE FOR POWDER METALLURGY AND NEW MATERIALS ARCI   (India)

Author keywords

Artificial photosynthesis; Band gap energy; Li doped ZnO; Methylene blue degradation; Photocatalysis; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ARTIFICIAL PHOTOSYNTHESIS; COLLOID CHEMISTRY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS; DYES; ENERGY GAP; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRRADIATION; LITHIUM; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POWDERS; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

BAND GAP ENERGY; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER-TRANSFORM RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; LI-DOPED ZNO; METHYLENE BLUE DEGRADATIONS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 84873047210     PISSN: 02555476     EISSN: 16629752     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.4028/www.scientific.net/MSF.734.90     Document Type: Article

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