Effect of Ag doping on structural, optical, and photocatalytic properties of ZnO nanoparticles

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 640, Issue , 2015, Pages 408-415

  Hosseini, Seyyedeh Maryam ^a   Sarsari, I Abdolhosseini ^a   Kameli, P ^a   Salamati, H ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Density functional theory; p type; Silver doping; ZnO nanoparticles; ZnO Optoelectronic

Indexed keywords

CALCULATIONS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; GRAIN BOUNDARIES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

DEEP LEVEL EMISSION; FIRST-PRINCIPLES CALCULATION; HEXAGONAL WURTZITE STRUCTURE; P-TYPE; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; SILVER DOPING; UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; WURTZITE STRUCTURE;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84927728901     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.03.136     Document Type: Article

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