Improved photocatalytic reactivity of ZnO photocatalysts decorated with Ni and their magnetic recoverability

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 30, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1902-1913

  Yang, Guoliang ^a   Liu, Qi ^a   Fu, Yinghuan ^a   Ma, Hongchao ^a   Ma, Chun ^a   Dong, Xiaoli ^a   Zhang, Xinxin ^a   Zhang, Xiufang ^a  

^a DALIAN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

heterostructure; magnetic recoverability; Ni decorated; ZnO

Indexed keywords

HETEROJUNCTIONS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; KETONES; MAGNETISM; OXIDE MINERALS; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

EXTERNAL MAGNETIC FIELD; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIVITY; POWDER X RAY DIFFRACTION; REACTIVE BRILLIANT BLUE KN-R; RECOVERABILITY; VISIBLE LIGHT REGION; X-RAY PHOTOELECTRONS;

NICKEL;

EID: 84933675427     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2015.115     Document Type: Article

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