Efficient photodegradation of resorcinol with Ag2O/ZnO nanorods heterostructure under a compact fluorescent lamp irradiation

Chemical Papers

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1277-1284

  Lam, Sze Mun ^a   Sin, Jin Chung ^a   Abdullah, Ahmad Zuhairi ^a   Mohamed, Abdul Rahman ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

heterostructure; photocatalytic; resorcinol; silver(I) oxide; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878911365     PISSN: 03666352     EISSN: 13369075     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s11696-013-0395-8     Document Type: Article

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