CuO/ZnO nanorods: An affordable efficient p-n heterojunction and morphology dependent photocatalytic activity against organic contaminants

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 701, Issue , 2017, Pages 562-573

  Senthil Kumar, P ^a   Selvakumar, M ^b,d   Ganesh Babu, S ^c   Induja, S ^a   Karuthapandian, S ^a  

^a VHNSN COLLEGE   (India)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^d INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

CuO ZnO nanorods; Hydroxyl radical; Mechanism; Photocatalytic activity; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DIES; DYES; FLUORESCENCE; HETEROJUNCTIONS; MECHANISMS; MORPHOLOGY; NANORODS; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; REUSABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; HYDROXYL RADICALS; OPERATIONAL PARAMETERS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC DEGRADATION MECHANISM; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS;

COPPER OXIDES;

EID: 85010423797     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.01.126     Document Type: Article

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