Ultrasonic-assisted preparation of novel ternary ZnO/AgI/Ag2CrO4 nanocomposites as visible-light-driven photocatalysts with excellent activity

Materials Science in Semiconductor Processing

Volumn 44, Issue , 2016, Pages 48-56

  Shaker Agjekandy, Shirin ^a   Habibi Yangjeh, Aziz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MOHAGHEGH ARDABILI   (Iran)

Author keywords

Dye pollutants; Photocatalyst; Visible light driven; ZnO AgI Ag2CrO4

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AZO DYES; DYES; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANOCOMPOSITES; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLLUTION; ZINC OXIDE;

DYE POLLUTANTS; EXCELLENT PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; TERNARY NANOCOMPOSITES; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION; VISIBLE LIGHT DRIVEN PHOTOCATALYSTS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT-DRIVEN; ZNO;

LIGHT;

EID: 84953774625     PISSN: 13698001     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mssp.2015.12.025     Document Type: Article

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