Facile preparation of Fe3O4@AgBr-ZnO nanocomposites as novel magnetically separable visible-light-driven photocatalysts

Ceramics International

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1467-1476

  Shekofteh Gohari, Maryam ^a   Habibi Yangjeh, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOHAGHEGH ARDABILI   (Iran)

Author keywords

B. Nanocomposite; Fe3O4@AgBr ZnO; Magnetically separable; Photocatalysis; Visible light driven

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER ALLOYS; SILVER HALIDES; TEMPERATURE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

DEGRADATION RATE CONSTANTS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE ANALYSIS OF X-RAYS; MAGNETICALLY SEPARABLE; UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; VIBRATING SAMPLE MAGNETOMETER; VISIBLE LIGHT DRIVEN PHOTOCATALYSTS; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN; ZNO;

LIGHT;

EID: 84922717464     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2014.09.081     Document Type: Article

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