Oxygen vacancy induced photoluminescence properties and enhanced photocatalytic activity of ferromagnetic ZrO2 nanostructures on methylene blue dye under ultra-violet radiation

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 644, Issue , 2015, Pages 654-662

  Kumar, Sachin ^a   Ojha, Animesh K ^a  

^a MOTILAL NEHRU NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Magnetic properties; Oxygen vacancy; Photocatalysis; Photoluminescence (PL); ZrO2

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CALCINATION; FERROMAGNETIC MATERIALS; FERROMAGNETISM; MAGNETIC PROPERTIES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SATURATION MAGNETIZATION; SOL-GEL PROCESS; SOL-GELS; VACANCIES; ZIRCONIA;

CALCINATIONS TEMPERATURE; EXCITATION WAVELENGTH; INTENSITY OF EMISSION; METHYLENE BLUE; METHYLENE BLUE DYE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; ZRO2;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 84929649041     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.04.183     Document Type: Article

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