Ultrasonic synthesis of high fluorescent C-dots and modified with CuWO4 nanocomposite for effective photocatalytic activity

Journal of Molecular Structure

Volumn 1098, Issue , 2015, Pages 146-152

  Reddyprasad, Puthalapattu ^a   Naidoo, Eliazer Bobby ^a  

^a VAAL UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

C dots; CuWO4; Photocatalyst; Rhodamine B

Indexed keywords

COMPOSITE FILMS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; FLUORESCENCE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

CHARGE RECOMBINATIONS; CUWO4; IMPROVEMENT OF CHARGE SEPARATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; RHODAMINE B; ULTRASONIC SYNTHESIS;

TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84934886465     PISSN: 00222860     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2015.05.043     Document Type: Article

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