Controllable architecture of CdS and CuS by single-source precursor-mediated approach and their photocatalytic activity

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Sahoo, Ashish K ^a   Srivastava, Suneel K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Hierarchical architecture; Lotus like microflowers; Photocatalytic activity; Single source precursor

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CATALYSTS; CDS NANOPARTICLES; COMPLEXATION; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ELECTRON EMISSION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; REUSABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM METALLOGRAPHY; STARS; URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; VANADIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLOWER-LIKE MORPHOLOGIES; HIERARCHICAL ARCHITECTURES; MICROFLOWERS; PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; SINGLE-SOURCE PRECURSOR; SODIUM DODECYL BENZENE SULPHONATE; SOLVOTHERMAL DECOMPOSITION;

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CADMIUM SULFATE; COPPER SULFATE; DODECYLBENZENESULFONATE SODIUM; EDETIC ACID; METHYLENE BLUE; SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; COMPLEX FORMATION; DECOMPOSITION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84875336749     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1591-8     Document Type: Article

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