Photocatalytic degradation of acid blue 74 in water using Ag-Ag2O-Zno nanostuctures anchored on graphene oxide

Solid State Sciences

Volumn 51, Issue , 2016, Pages 66-73

  Umukoro, Eseoghene H ^a   Peleyeju, Moses G ^a   Ngila, Jane C ^a   Arotiba, Omotayo A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JOHANNESBURG   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Acid blue 74; Advanced oxidation process; Graphene oxide; Photocatalytic degradation; Silver oxide; Water treatment; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

EFFLUENTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOCOMPOSITES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; OXIDES; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLLUTION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEWAGE; SILVER; SILVER OXIDES; STRIPPING (DYES); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER POLLUTION; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

ADVANCED OXIDATION PROCESSES; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY SPECTROMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORMED INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE OXIDES; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY (SEM); UV-VIS DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY;

CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT);

EID: 84949575350     PISSN: 12932558     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2015.11.015     Document Type: Article

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