Synthesis and characterization of a CuS-WO3 composite photocatalyst for enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity

RSC Advances

Volumn 5, Issue 65, 2015, Pages 52718-52725

  Theerthagiri, J ^a   Senthil, R A ^a   Malathi, A ^a   Selvi, A ^b   Madhavan, J ^a   Ashokkumar, Muthupandian ^c  

^a THIRUVALLUVAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b VIT UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHARGE CARRIERS; COPPER COMPOUNDS; ENAMELS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LIGHT; NANORODS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TUNGSTEN COMPOUNDS;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTODEGRADATION OF METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL MEASUREMENTS; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; VISIBLE LIGHT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 84934964060     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5ra06512g     Document Type: Article

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