Green approach for hierarchical nanostructured Ag-ZnO and their photocatalytic performance under sunlight

Catalysis Today

Volumn 260, Issue , 2016, Pages 126-134

  Patil, Santosh S ^a,b   Mali, Mukund G ^c   Tamboli, Mohaseen S ^a   Patil, Deepak R ^a   Kulkarni, Milind V ^a   Yoon, Hyun ^c   Kim, Hayong ^c   Al Deyab, Salem S ^d   Yoon, Sam S ^c   Kolekar, Sanjay S ^b   Kale, Bharat B ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY C MET   (India)

^b SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^c Korea University   (South Korea)

^d KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Ag nanoparticles; Ag ZnO nanostructures; Azadirachta indica (Neem); Hydrothermal

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PLANT EXTRACTS; RATE CONSTANTS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

AG NANOPARTICLE; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; ELECTRON-HOLE RECOMBINATION; HYDROTHERMAL; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

SILVER;

EID: 84947870464     PISSN: 09205861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2015.06.004     Document Type: Article

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