A facile solid-state heating method for preparation of poly(3,4-ethelenedioxythiophene)/ZnO nanocomposite and photocatalytic activity

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-8

  Abdiryim, Tursun ^a   Ali, Ahmat ^a   Jamal, Ruxangul ^a   Osman, Yakupjan ^a   Zhang, Yu ^a  

^a XINJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Composite; Nano ZnO; Photocatalyst; Poly(3,4 ethylenedioxythiophene); Solid state heating method

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; AGGREGATES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; EFFICIENCY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRRADIATION; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; THALLIUM ALLOYS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

AQUEOUS MEDIUM; HEATING METHOD; NANO-ZNO; NATURAL SUNLIGHT; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; POLY-3 ,4-ETHYLENEDIOXYTHIOPHENE; STRONG INTERACTION; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 84899659465     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-9-89     Document Type: Article

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