Photocatalytic efficiency of reusable ZnO thin films deposited by sputtering technique

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 322, Issue , 2014, Pages 35-40

  Ahumada Lazo, R ^a   Torres Martinez L M ^a   Ruiz Gomez M A ^a,b   Vega Becerra, O E ^c   Figueroa Torres, M Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE NUEVO LEÓN   (Mexico)

^b DEPARTAMENTO DE FÍSICA APLICADA   (Mexico)

^c CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN MATERIALES AVANZADOS   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Decolorization; Orange G; pH media; Photocatalysis; Sputtering; UV light

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CITRUS FRUITS; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRRADIATION; MAGNETRON SPUTTERING; METALLIC FILMS; OPTICAL FILMS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SOLUTIONS; SPUTTERING; SUBSTRATES; SURFACE MORPHOLOGY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

CRYSTALLINE ORIENTATIONS; DECOLORIZATION; ORANGE G; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; WURTZITE CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84913559539     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2014.10.049     Document Type: Article

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