Optical and electrical properties of thin films of CuS nanodisks ensembles annealed in a vacuum and their photocatalytic activity

International Journal of Photoenergy

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Santos Cruz, J ^a   Mayen Hernandez S A ^a   Paraguay Delgado, F ^b   Zelaya Angel, O ^c   Castanedo Perez R ^c   Torres Delgado, G ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE QUERÉTARO   (Mexico)

^b CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS   (Mexico)

^c DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ANNEALING; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ENERGY GAP; GLASS SUBSTRATES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; OXIDATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

CHEMICAL BATH; GLASS SUBSTRATES; GRAINSIZE; HIGH-RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANODISKS; OPTICAL AND ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES; OPTICAL-; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; THIN-FILMS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84885441883     PISSN: 1110662X     EISSN: 1687529X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/178017     Document Type: Article

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