Photodegradation of methylene blue of niobium-doped zinc oxide thin films produced by electrostatic spray deposition

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 7567-7571

  Yoon, Hyun ^a   Joshi, Bhavana N ^a   Na, Seung Heon ^a   Choi, Jae Young ^a   Yoon, Sam S ^a  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrostatic spray deposition; Niobium; Photocatalysis; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894578552     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.11.041     Document Type: Article

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