A simple photolytic reactor employing Ag-doped ZnO nanowires for water purification

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 564, Issue , 2014, Pages 258-263

  Udom, Innocent ^a   Zhang, Yangyang ^a   Ram, Manoj K ^a   Stefanakos, Elias K ^a   Hepp, Aloysius F ^b   Elzein, Radwan ^a   Schlaf, Rudy ^a   Goswami, D Yogi ^c  

^a University of South Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA   (United States)

^c NASA GLENN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Nanowires; Photoreactor; Silver; Water Purification; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; BOROSILICATE GLASS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; NANOWIRES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOREACTORS; PURIFICATION OF WATER; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; WATER PURIFICATION;

SILVER;

EID: 84904063895     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2014.05.057     Document Type: Article

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