Photocatalytic-degradation and reduction of organic compounds using SnO2 quantum dots (via a green route) under direct sunlight

RSC Advances

Volumn 5, Issue 81, 2015, Pages 66122-66133

  Bhattacharjee, Archita ^a   Ahmaruzzaman, Md ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY SILCHAR   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; BIOHAZARDS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DYES; ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NANOCRYSTALS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHENOLS; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT; SUGAR CANE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; WATER TREATMENT;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPIES (EDS); FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA RED (FTIR) SPECTROSCOPY; HAZARDOUS POLLUTANTS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; QUANTUM CONFINEMENT EFFECTS; SELECTED AREA ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; TETRAGONAL CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM DOTS;

EID: 84938780401     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20462069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c5ra07578e     Document Type: Article

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