Visible light photocatalytic activity of Fe3+-doped ZnO nanoparticle prepared via sol-gel technique

Chemosphere

Volumn 91, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1604-1611

  Ba Abbad, Muneer M ^a   Kadhum, Abdul Amir H ^a   Mohamad, Abu Bakar ^a   Takriff, Mohd S ^a   Sopian, Kamaruzzaman ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Nanoparticle; Photocatalytic activity; Sol gel; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; DEGRADATION; ENERGY GAP; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IONS; IRON COMPOUNDS; LIGHT; METAL NANOPARTICLES; NANOPARTICLES; RED SHIFT; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TOXICITY; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; DOPANT CONCENTRATIONS; HEXAGONAL STRUCTURES; SMALL CONCENTRATION; SOL-GEL TECHNIQUE; SPECTRAL ABSORPTIONS; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; VISIBLE LIGHT REGION;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

2 CHLOROPHENOL; FERRIC ION; ZINC OXIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CRYSTAL CHEMISTRY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LATTICE DYNAMICS; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VISIBILITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; LIGHT; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL GEL TECHNIQUE; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84876438847     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.12.055     Document Type: Article

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