Room-temperature synthesis of zinc oxide nanoparticles in different media and their application in cyanide photodegradation

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-10

  Bagabas, Abdulaziz ^a   Alshammari, Ahmad ^a   Aboud, Mohamed F A ^b   Kosslick, Hendrik ^c  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ CITY FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ROSTOCK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cyanide photodegradation; Room temperature synthesis; Zinc oxide nanoparticles

Indexed keywords

COKE PLANTS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; CYANIDES; DEGRADATION; EFFICIENCY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; METAL REFINERIES; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; PLATING; RATE CONSTANTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZINC OXIDE;

CYCLOHEXYLAMINE; EQUIVALENT CONCENTRATIONS; FIRST-ORDER RATE CONSTANTS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PLATING INDUSTRY; ROOM TEMPERATURE SYNTHESIS; WET CHEMICAL ROUTE; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLES;

ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84891470543     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-516     Document Type: Article

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