Highly efficient photocatalyst based on Ce doped ZnO nanorods: Controllable synthesis and enhanced photocatalytic activity

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 229, Issue , 2013, Pages 225-233

  Faisal, M ^a   Ismail, Adel A ^a,b   Ibrahim, Ahmed A ^a,c   Bouzid, Houcine ^a   Al Sayari, Saleh A ^a  

^a NAJRAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b CMRDI   (Egypt)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEZIRA   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Ce doped ZnO; Methylene blue; Nanorods; Photocatalysts

Indexed keywords

CE-DOPED; CONTROLLABLE SYNTHESIS; METHYLENE BLUE; MILD HYDROTHERMAL CONDITION; OPTICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; POROUS-LIKE STRUCTURES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CROSSLINKING; NANORODS; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84880118732     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2013.06.004     Document Type: Article

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