Enhancing visible light responsive photocatalytic activity by decorating Mn-doped ZnO nanoparticles on graphene

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 7 PART A, 2014, Pages 10085-10097

  Ahmad, M ^a,b   Ahmed, E ^a   Ahmed, W ^c   Elhissi, A ^c   Hong, Z L ^b   Khalid, N R ^a,b  

^a BAHAUDDIN ZAKARIYA UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL LANCASHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Graphene; Methylene blue; Mn doped ZnO; Photocatalyst; Solvothermal

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; COMPLEXATION; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; LIGHT; MANGANESE OXIDE; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOELECTRONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

BRUNAUER-EMMETT-TELLER SURFACE AREA ANALYZERS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY ANALYSIS (EDX); FLUORESCENCE EMISSION SPECTRA; METHYLENE BLUE; MN-DOPED ZNO; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SOLVOTHERMAL; UV-VISIBLE DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

MANGANESE;

EID: 84900509877     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.03.184     Document Type: Article

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