Humic acid degradation by the synthesized flower-like Ag/ZnO nanostructure as an efficient photocatalyst

Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ghaneian, Mohammad Taghi ^a   Morovati, Pouran ^a   Ehrampoush, Mohammad Hassan ^a   Tabatabaee, Masoumeh ^b  

^a SHAHID SADOUGHI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Degradation; Humic acid; Nano Ag ZnO; Photocatalyst; Solar irradiation

Indexed keywords

CATALYST; HUMIC ACID; NANOPARTICLE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; SOLAR RADIATION; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84988667540     PISSN: None     EISSN: 2052336X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s40201-014-0138-y     Document Type: Article

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