Simple hydrothermal synthesis of metal oxides coupled nanocomposites: Structural, optical, magnetic and photocatalytic studies

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 353, Issue , 2015, Pages 553-563

  Ganeshraja, Ayyakannu Sundaram ^a,b   Clara, Antoni Samy ^a   Rajkumar, Kanniah ^a   Wang, Yanjie ^b,c   Wang, Yu ^d   Wang, Junhu ^b   Anbalagan, Krishnamoorthy ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^d SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF APPLIED PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Coupling; Doping; Nanocomposites; Photocatalytic activity; Room temperature ferromagnetism

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; COPPER COMPOUNDS; COUPLINGS; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FERROMAGNETISM; IRON COMPOUNDS; NANOCOMPOSITES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; TIN COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

DEGRADATION OF METHYL ORANGES; FERROMAGNETIC NANOCOMPOSITES; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; MAGNETOMETRIC MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ROOM TEMPERATURE FERROMAGNETISM; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84941949851     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.06.118     Document Type: Article

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