Photocatalytic activities of copper doped cadmium sulfide microspheres prepared by a facile ultrasonic spray-pyrolysis method

Molecules

Volumn 21, Issue 6, 2016, Pages

  Su, Jinzhan ^a   Zhang, Tao ^a   Li, Yufeng ^a   Chen, Yubin ^a   Liu, Maochang ^a  

^a XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

CdS; Doping; Photocatalytic; Spray pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM DERIVATIVE; CADMIUM SULFIDE; COPPER; HYDROGEN; MICROSPHERE; NANOMATERIAL; SODIUM SULFIDE; SULFIDE; WATER;

CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; LIGHT; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; ULTRASOUND;

CADMIUM COMPOUNDS; CATALYSIS; COPPER; HYDROGEN; LIGHT; MICROSPHERES; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SULFIDES; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ULTRASONICS; WATER;

EID: 84976553695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules21060735     Document Type: Article

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