Self-Doped ZnO Microrods - High Temperature Stable Oxygen Deficient Platforms for Solar Photocatalysis

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 55, Issue 22, 2016, Pages 6413-6421

  Ullattil, Sanjay Gopal ^a   Periyat, Pradeepan ^a,b   Naufal, Binu ^a   Lazar, Manoj Ainikalkannath ^c,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALICUT   (India)

^b CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF KERALA   (India)

^c MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d St Joseph's College   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CALCINATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE ABSORPTION; ENERGY GAP; LIGHT ABSORPTION; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SOLAR ENERGY; VACANCIES; ZINC OXIDE;

DEFECTIVE STRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; SOLAR PHOTOCATALYSIS; SOLUTION-PROCESSING; SURFACE OXYGEN VACANCIES; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; VISIBLE LIGHT ABSORPTION;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

EID: 84974822432     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b01030     Document Type: Article

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