Photocatalytic activity of ZnO doped with Ag on the degradation of endocrine disrupting under UV irradiation and the investigation of its antibacterial activity

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 347, Issue , 2015, Pages 414-420

  Bechambi, Olfa ^a   Chalbi, Manel ^b   Najjar, Wahiba ^a   Sayadi, Sami ^b  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE SFAX   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Ag doped ZnO; Antibacterial activity; Endocrine disrupting; Photocatalytic activity

Indexed keywords

CATALYST ACTIVITY; CRYSTALLITE SIZE; EFFICIENCY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; ENERGY GAP; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRRADIATION; METAL IONS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHENOLS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SOLUTIONS; THALLIUM ALLOYS; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

AG DOPED; ANTI-BACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING; FOURIER TRANSFORMED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM;

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EID: 84943381700     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.03.049     Document Type: Article

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