Facile synthesis of cobalt-doped zinc oxide thin films for highly efficient visible light photocatalysts

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 390, Issue , 2016, Pages 111-121

  Altintas Yildirim, Ozlem ^a   Arslan, Hanife ^b   Sönmezoğlu, Savaş ^b  

^a SELCUK UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b KARAMANOGLU MEHMETBEY UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Co:ZnO; Dopant content; Photocatalysis; Structure electronic properties; Thin film; Visible light degradation

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COBALT COMPOUNDS; ELECTRONIC PROPERTIES; ENERGY GAP; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; LIGHT ABSORPTION; METALLIC FILMS; OXIDE FILMS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; SEMICONDUCTOR DOPING; SOLS; ZINC OXIDE;

DEGRADATION BEHAVIOR; DOPANT CONTENT; DOPED ZINC OXIDE THIN FILMS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; VISIBLE LIGHT DEGRADATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; VISIBLE-LIGHT PHOTOCATALYSTS;

THIN FILMS;

EID: 84983412662     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.08.069     Document Type: Article

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