Hydrothermal growth of CuS nanostructures and its photocatalytic properties

Powder Technology

Volumn 252, Issue , 2014, Pages 25-32

  Saranya, Murugan ^a   Santhosh, Chella ^a   Ramachandran, Rajendran ^a   Kollu, Pratap ^b   Saravanan, Padmanapan ^c   Vinoba, Mari ^d   Jeong, Soon Kwan ^d   Grace, Andrews Nirmala ^a,d  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^c DEFENCE METALLURGICAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

^d Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

CTAB; CuS; Hydrothermal; Nanostructures; Photocatalytic property

Indexed keywords

CETYL TRIMETHYL AMMONIUM BROMIDES; CTAB; CUS; HYDROTHERMAL; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; COPPER; DYES; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

NANOSTRUCTURES;

COPPER NITRATE; COPPER SULFIDE; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOMATERIAL; NITRIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFIDE; THIOUREA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MOLECULAR PROBE; NANOANALYSIS; NANOCATALYST; NANOFABRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; REACTION TIME; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84887519500     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2013.10.031     Document Type: Article

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