Synthesis of ZnO/CdSe hierarchical heterostructure with improved visible photocatalytic efficiency

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 274, Issue , 2013, Pages 39-44

  Wu, Yao ^b   Xu, Fang ^a,b   Guo, Defu ^b   Gao, Zhiyong ^a,b   Wu, Dapeng ^a,b   Jiang, Kai ^a,b  

^a Engineering Technology Research Center of Motive Power and Key Materials of Henan Province   (China)

^b HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heterostructure; Photocatalytic; ZnO CdSe

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; EFFICIENCY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT; NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOSENSITIZERS; SELENIUM COMPOUNDS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

CDSE NANOPARTICLES; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; SUBSTRATE MATERIAL; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA; VISIBLE LIGHT REGION; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84876942940     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2013.02.047     Document Type: Article

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