Controlling Core/Shell Formation of Nanocubic p-Cu2O/n-ZnO Toward Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance

Langmuir

Volumn 31, Issue 39, 2015, Pages 10922-10930

  Kandjani, Ahmad Esmaielzadeh ^a   Sabri, Ylias Mohammad ^a   Periasamy, Selvakannan R ^a   Zohora, Nafisa ^a   Amin, Mohamad Hassan ^a   Nafady, Ayman ^b,c   Bhargava, Suresh Kumar ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Sohag University   (Egypt)

^c KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER OXIDES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLAR CONCENTRATION; MOLAR RATIO; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; SEMICONDUCTOR JUNCTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZINC OXIDE;

INTERFACIAL STRUCTURES; MOLAR CONCENTRATION RATIO; MONO-DISPERSED; P-N JUNCTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; RECOMBINATION RATE; SPHERICAL ASSEMBLY;

ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84942941163     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01019     Document Type: Article

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