The effect of Ce4 + incorporation on structural, morphological and photocatalytic characters of ZnO nanoparticles

Materials Characterization

Volumn 97, Issue , 2014, Pages 37-46

  Kannadasan, N ^a   Shanmugam, N ^a   Cholan, S ^a   Sathishkumar, K ^a   Viruthagiri, G ^a   Poonguzhali, R ^a  

^a ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cerium; Tetravalent; Visible emission; Wurtzite; X ray photoelectron spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

PHOTO-CATALYTIC; TETRAVALENT; VISIBLE EMISSIONS; WURTZITES; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

CERIUM;

EID: 84907485253     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2014.08.021     Document Type: Article

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