Enhanced sunlight photocatalytic performance over Nb2O 5/ZnO nanorod composites and the mechanism study

Applied Catalysis A: General

Volumn 471, Issue , 2014, Pages 126-135

  Lam, Sze Mun ^a   Sin, Jin Chung ^a   Satoshi, Ichikawa ^b   Abdullah, Ahmad Zuhairi ^a   Mohamed, Abdul Rahman ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Composite; Phenol; Sunlight photocatalysis; ZnO nanorod

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CARRIER MOBILITY; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FLUORESCENCE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRRADIATION; MINERALOGY; NANORODS; NIOBIUM OXIDE; OXIDE MINERALS; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSIONS; VANADIUM METALLOGRAPHY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

BRUNAUER-EMMETT-TELLER SURFACE AREAS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROTHERMAL PRECIPITATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOGENERATED CHARGE CARRIERS; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; ZNO NANOROD;

URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84890924857     PISSN: 0926860X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2013.12.001     Document Type: Article

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