Enhanced photocatalytic degradation of harmful dye and phenyl hydrazine chemical sensing using ZnO nanourchins

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 262, Issue , 2015, Pages 588-596

  Umar, Ahmad ^a   Akhtar, M S ^b   Al Hajry, A ^a   Al Assiri, M S ^a   Dar, G N ^a   Saif Islam, M ^c  

^a NAJRAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

Limit of detection; Nanourchins; Photocatalyst; Sensor; Working electrode; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL DETECTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRODES; HYDRAZINE; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SENSORS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC SULFIDE;

CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; NANOURCHINS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; UV-LIGHT ILLUMINATION; WORKING ELECTRODE; ZNO;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84949117345     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2014.09.111     Document Type: Article

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