Sol-gel synthesis and photocatalytic activity of ZnO-SnO2 nanocomposites

Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical

Volumn 390, Issue , 2014, Pages 133-141

  Hamrouni, Abdessalem ^a,b   Moussa, Noomen ^a   Parrino, Francesco ^b   Di Paola, Agatino ^b   Houas, Ammar ^a,c   Palmisano, Leonardo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GABES   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^c AL IMAM MOHAMMAD IBN SAUD ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY IMSIU   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Heterojunction effect; Photocatalysis; Sol gel method

Indexed keywords

BAND STRUCTURE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOL-GEL PROCESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BET SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; CHARGE SEPARATIONS; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; MODEL REACTIONS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SOL-GEL SYNTHESIS; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84902243563     PISSN: 13811169     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molcata.2014.03.018     Document Type: Article

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