UV-Visible light induced photocatalytic studies of Cu doped ZnO nanoparticles prepared by co-precipitation method

Solar Energy

Volumn 110, Issue , 2014, Pages 386-397

  Mittal, Manish ^a   Sharma, Manoj ^b   Pandey, O P ^a  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB WORLD UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Crystal Violet dye; Doping; Nanoparticles; PH; Photocatalytic degradation; ZnO

Indexed keywords

NANOPARTICLES; PH; COPPER; COPRECIPITATION; CRYSTAL IMPURITIES; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT; LOADING; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

COPRECIPITATION METHOD; CRYSTAL VIOLET; CU-DOPED ZNO; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; UV-VISIBLE; ZNO; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPIES (EDS); PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PSEUDO-FIRST ORDER KINETICS; UV-VISIBLE LIGHT IRRADIATIONS; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

DOPING (ADDITIVES); ZINC OXIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CATALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COPPER; DYE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMISTRY); ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; OXIDE; PARTICULATE MATTER; PH; SOLAR POWER; VISIBLE SPECTRUM; ZINC;

EID: 84908181399     PISSN: 0038092X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solener.2014.09.026     Document Type: Article

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