Preparation and photocatalytic properties of visible light-driven samarium-doped ZnO nanorods

Ceramics International

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 5833-5843

  Sin, Jin Chung ^a   Lam, Sze Mun ^a   Lee, Keat Teong ^a   Mohamed, Abdul Rahman ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

A. Powders: chemical preparation; C. Optical properties; D. ZnO

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; POWDERS: CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY (TEM); VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; ZNO;

DEGRADATION; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANORODS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SAMARIUM; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

DOPING (ADDITIVES);

EID: 84875737193     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.01.004     Document Type: Article

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