Synthesis of Ta2O5/TiO2 coupled semiconductor Oxide Nanocomposites with high photocatalytic activity

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 968-973

  Arbuj, Sudhir S ^a   Mulik, Uttamrao P ^a   Amalnerkar, Dinesh P ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY C MET   (India)

Author keywords

Coupled Semiconductor; Dye Degradation.; Photocatalyst; Solid Solid Reaction

Indexed keywords

COUPLED PHOTOCATALYSTS; COUPLED SEMICONDUCTOR; DYE DEGRADATION; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SOLID-SOLID REACTION; SPHERICAL MORPHOLOGIES; UNIFORM DISTRIBUTION;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; TANTALUM OXIDES; TITANIUM DIOXIDE; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PHOTOCATALYSTS;

EID: 84885595993     PISSN: 19414900     EISSN: 19414919     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/nnl.2013.1648     Document Type: Article

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