Enhanced photocatalytic capability of zinc ferrite nanotube arrays decorated with gold nanoparticles for visible light-driven photodegradation of rhodamine B

Journal of Materials Science

Volumn 51, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 5872-5879

  Liu, Hao ^a   Hao, Huiying ^a   Xing, Jie ^a   Dong, Jingjing ^a   Zhang, Zili ^a   Zheng, Zhiyuan ^a   Zhao, Kun ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERRITE; FREE RADICALS; INDIUM COMPOUNDS; ITO GLASS; LIGHT; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; PHOTODEGRADATION; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS; SUBSTRATES; TIN OXIDES; YARN; ZINC;

HYBRID NANOSTRUCTURES; LARGE SPECIFIC SURFACE AREAS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURE; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

GOLD NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84961146662     PISSN: 00222461     EISSN: 15734803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10853-016-9888-5     Document Type: Article

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