Enhanced visible light photocatalytic reduction of organic pollutant and electrochemical properties of CuS catalyst

Powder Technology

Volumn 279, Issue , 2015, Pages 209-220

  Saranya, Murugan ^a   Ramachandran, Rajendran ^a   Samuel, E James Jebaseelan ^a   Jeong, Soon Kwan ^b   Grace, Andrews Nirmala ^a,b  

^a VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

4 Nitrophenol; CuS; Hydrothermal; Nanostructures; Nitrobenzene; Photocatalyst

Indexed keywords

CATALYSTS; COPPER; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NANOSTRUCTURES; NITROBENZENE; PHOTOCATALYSTS; POLLUTION; SULFUR; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

4-NITROPHENOL; CUS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROTHERMAL; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC REDUCTION; UV-VIS SPECTROPHOTOMETERS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

4 NITROPHENOL; COPPER; COPPER NITRATE; COPPER SULFIDE; NITROBENZENE; SODIUM THIOSULFATE; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POLLUTANT; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84928232185     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2015.03.041     Document Type: Article

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