Heterostructured TiO2/ZnO–excellent nanophotocatalysts for degradation of organic contaminants in aqueous solution

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 52, Issue 37-39, 2014, Pages 7004-7014

  Bansal, Priti ^a   Kaur, Paramjeet ^a   Sud, Dhiraj ^a  

^a SANT LONGOWAL INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Azo Dye; Decolorization; Nanophotocatalyst; TiO2; ZnO

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926186894     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2013.822330     Document Type: Article

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