Visible light photocatalytic degradation of 4-chlorophenol using C/ZnO/CdS nanocomposite

Journal of Saudi Chemical Society

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 471-478

  Lavand, Atul B ^a   Malghe, Yuvraj S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

C doped ZnO; CdS; Nanocomposite; Photocatalysis; Visible light

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941318196     PISSN: 13196103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jscs.2015.07.001     Document Type: Article

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