Properties of PEG-capped CdS nanopowders synthesized under very mild conditions

Powder Technology

Volumn 270, Issue Part A, 2015, Pages 197-204

  Dumbrava, Anca ^a   Prodan, Gabriel ^a   Berger, Daniela ^b   Bica, Mariana ^a  

^a OVIDIUS UNIVERSITY   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Cadmium sulfide; Capped nanopowders; Catalytic properties; Electron microscopy

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION METHOD; HIGH SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; NANO POWDERS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTICAL PROPERTIES; UV-VISIBLE DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

CADMIUM SULFIDE;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; CONGO RED; NANOPARTICLE; NANOPOWDER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRECIPITATION; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRITURATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; WASTE COMPONENT REMOVAL;

EID: 84922791890     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2014.10.012     Document Type: Article

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