Recent progress on doped ZnO nanostructures for visible-light photocatalysis

Thin Solid Films

Volumn 605, Issue , 2016, Pages 2-19

  Samadi, Morasae ^a   Zirak, Mohammad ^a   Naseri, Amene ^a   Khorashadizade, Elham ^a   Moshfegh, Alireza Z ^a  

^a SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Band gap narrowing; Doping; Heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation; Metals and nonmetals; Solar light; Visible light; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MOS DEVICES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NONMETALS; OXIDE SEMICONDUCTORS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; POLLUTION CONTROL; RARE EARTHS; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; TRANSITION METALS; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

BAND GAP NARROWING; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; SOLAR LIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSIS;

LIGHT;

EID: 84954357566     PISSN: 00406090     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tsf.2015.12.064     Document Type: Review

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