Structure-property-composition relationships in doped zinc oxides: Enhanced photocatalytic activity with rare earth dopants

ACS Combinatorial Science

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 100-112

  Goodall, Josephine B M ^a,c   Illsley, Derek ^b   Lines, Robert ^b   Makwana, Neel M ^a   Darr, Jawwad A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b Sun Chemical Corporation   (United States)

^c RUTHERFORD APPLETON LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

continuous hydrothermal; doping; photocatalytic activity; UV attenuator; zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

LANTHANIDE; NANOMATERIAL; ZINC OXIDE;

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTY;

CATALYSIS; METALS, RARE EARTH; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84922612620     PISSN: 21568952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/co500109f     Document Type: Article

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