Visible light photocatalysis of mixed phase zinc stannate/zinc oxide nanostructures precipitated at room temperature in aqueous media

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 8743-8752

  Najam Khan, Muhammad ^a   Al Hinai, Muna ^b   Al Hinai, Ashraf ^b   Dutta, Joydeep ^a,b  

^a ASIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Thailand)

^b SULTAN QABOOS UNIVERSITY   (Oman)

Author keywords

Chemical precipitation; Surface defects; Visible light photocatalysis; ZTO ZnO composite

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SURFACE DEFECTS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZINC OXIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINANTS; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PRECIPITATION REACTION; PRECURSOR CONCENTRATION; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 84897455483     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.01.094     Document Type: Article

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