Zinc oxysulfide ternary alloy nanocrystals: A bandgap modulated photocatalyst

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 102, Issue 23, 2013, Pages

  Pandey, Shiv K ^a,b   Pandey, Shipra ^b   Pandey, Avinash C ^b   Mehrotra, G K ^a  

^a MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALLAHABAD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLOY NANOCRYSTALS; ELEMENTAL DISTRIBUTION; LATTICE SPACING; METHYL ORANGE; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; TERNARY COMPOSITION; UV-VIS LIGHT;

AZO DYES; ENERGY GAP; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

PHOTOCATALYSTS;

EID: 84879119982     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.4810910     Document Type: Article

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