Photocatalytic oxidation of acetaldehyde with ZnO-quantum dots

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 226, Issue , 2013, Pages 154-160

  Wahab, Rizwan ^a   Tripathy, Suraj Kumar ^b   Shin, Hyung Shik ^c   Mohapatra, Mamata ^d   Musarrat, Javed ^e   Al Khedhairy, Abdulaziz A ^a   Kumar Kaushik, Nagendra ^f  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KIIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^d CSIR INSTITUTE OF MINERALS AND MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^e ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f Kwangwoon University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Acetaldehyde (CH3CHO); FESEM; Photocatalytic oxidation; Quantum dots; TEM; X ray diffraction (XRD)

Indexed keywords

COMPARISON STUDY; COMPOSITIONAL ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLINITIES; FESEM; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; N-PROPYLAMINE; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; SDS SURFACTANTS;

ACETALDEHYDE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; OXIDATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84877795828     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.02.128     Document Type: Article

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