Microwave-Assisted One-Pot preparation of AgBr/ZnO nanocomposites as highly efficient Visible-Light photocatalyst for inactivation of Escherichia coli

Materials Express

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 201-210

  Siyahi, Vahide ^a   Habibi Yangjeh, Aziz ^a   Latifi Navid, Saeid ^a   Asadi, Asadollah ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOHAGHEGH ARDABILI   (Iran)

Author keywords

AgBr ZnO; E. coli; Microwave; Nanocomposite; Photocatalytic inactivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84925870777     PISSN: 21585849     EISSN: 21585857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/mex.2015.1230     Document Type: Article

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