Preparation, photocatalytic properties and mechanism of Fe or N-doped Ag/ZnO nanocomposites

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 7 PART A, 2014, Pages 9303-9309

  Meng, Alan ^a   Li, Xiujuan ^a   Wang, Xianlin ^b   Li, Zhenjiang ^a  

^a QINGDAO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Qingdao Engineering Machinery Co LTD   (China)

Author keywords

Ag ZnO nanocomposites; Fe or N doped; Mechanism; Photocatalytic property

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; DEPOSITION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); LIQUIDS; MECHANISMS; NITROGEN PLASMA; OPTIMIZATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTRONS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

DEGRADATION OF METHYL ORANGES; HIGH RESOLUTION; LIQUID DEPOSITION; N-DOPED; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PLASMA NITRIDING; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IRRADIATION;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84900509694     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.01.153     Document Type: Article

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