CuO–MMT nanocomposite: effective photocatalyst for the discoloration of methylene blue in the absence of H2O2

Applied Physics A: Materials Science and Processing

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 1-12

  Sohrabnezhad, Sh ^a   Pourahmad, A ^b   Salavatiyan, T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUILAN   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COPPER OXIDES; DECOMPOSITION; DISCOLORATION; ENERGY GAP; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REFLECTION; SOLUTIONS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; INITIAL CONCENTRATION; INTER-BAND TRANSITION; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; PURIFICATION OF WATER; QUANTUM SIZE EFFECTS; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION METHODS;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 84957890951     PISSN: 09478396     EISSN: 14320630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00339-016-9645-2     Document Type: Article

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