Synthesis and characterization of ZnO nanoparticles at different molarity concentrations for photocatalytic applications

Desalination and Water Treatment

Volumn 57, Issue 21, 2016, Pages 9671-9678

  Elangovan, S V ^a   Chandramohan, V ^b   Sivakumar, N ^c   Senthil, T S ^d  

^a VELALAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b PSG COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCE   (India)

^c CHIKKANNA GOVERNMENT ARTS COLLEGE   (India)

^d ERODE SENGUNTHAR ENGINEERING COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Photocatalytic activity; Surface morphology; Wet chemical method; ZnO nanocrystals

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL METHOD; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; NANOPARTICLE; OXIDE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ZINC;

EID: 84957429977     PISSN: 19443994     EISSN: 19443986     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2015.1035340     Document Type: Article

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