Photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange dye using Cr-doped ZnS nanoparticles under visible radiation

International Journal of ChemTech Research

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1452-1461

  Eyasu, Alemseged ^a   Yadav, O P ^a   Bachheti, R K ^a  

^a HARAMAYA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Degradation; Kinetics; Methyl orange; Spectroscopy; Visible

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; METHYL ORANGE; NANOPARTICLE; ZINC SULFIDE;

ARTICLE; IRRADIATION; KINETICS; PH; PHOTODEGRADATION; REACTION TIME; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84877946868     PISSN: 09744290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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