Solar light assisted photocatalysis of water using a zinc oxide semiconductor

Journal of Semiconductors

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Shinde, S S ^a   Bhosale, C H ^a   Rajpure, K Y ^a  

^a SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

chemical kinetics; organic species; photoelectrocatalysis; sunlight; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

FIRST ORDER RATE EQUATION; HETEROGENEOUS PHOTOCATALYSIS; LANGMUIR HINSHELWOOD MECHANISM; ORGANIC SPECIES; PHOTO-ELECTROCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR; SUNLIGHT;

PHOTOCATALYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS; REACTION KINETICS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84876534675     PISSN: 16744926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1674-4926/34/4/043002     Document Type: Article

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