Magnetically separable CdS-deposited Fe3O4-implanted ZnO microrods for solar photocatalysis

Micro and Nano Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 529-531

  Karunakaran, C ^a   JebaSingh, I ^a   Vinayagamoorthy, P ^a   Jayabharathi, J ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOTOCATALYSIS; SUPERPARAMAGNETISM; ZINC OXIDE;

EXCELLENT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; MAGNETICALLY SEPARABLE; NATURAL SUNLIGHT; SOLAR PHOTOCATALYSIS; SUPERPARAMAGNETICS; TWO-STEP HYDROTHERMAL METHOD; VISIBLE LIGHT; ZNO MICRORODS;

CADMIUM SULFIDE;

EID: 84906846059     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17500443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/mnl.2014.0234     Document Type: Article

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