Flow controlled fabrication of N doped ZnO thin films and estimation of their performance for sunlight photocatalytic decontamination of water

Chemical Engineering Journal

Volumn 291, Issue , 2016, Pages 115-127

  Salah, Numan ^a   Hameed, A ^a,b   Aslam, M ^a   Abdel wahab, M Sh ^a   Babkair, Saeed S ^a   Bahabri, F S ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

2,4 D; 2 Chlorophenol; 4 Chlorophenol; N doped ZnO; Sunlight photocatalysis; Thin films

Indexed keywords

DECONTAMINATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); FABRICATION; METALLIC FILMS; NITROGEN; NITROGEN REMOVAL; OXIDE FILMS; SUBSTRATES; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

2 ,4-DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 2,4-D; 2-CHLOROPHENOLS; 4-CHLOROPHENOL; LANGMUIR-HINSHELWOOD KINETICS; N-DOPED ZNO; PHOTOCATALYTIC DECONTAMINATIONS; RADIO-FREQUENCY (RF) MAGNETRON;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84957875225     PISSN: 13858947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cej.2016.01.111     Document Type: Article

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