Shape-controlled ZnO nanocrystals synthesized via auto combustion method and enhancement of the visible light catalytic activity by decoration on graphene

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 703, Issue , 2017, Pages 396-406

  Darwish, Maher ^a   Mohammadi, Ali ^a,b   Assi, Navid ^a   Manuchehri, Qazale Sadr ^a   Alahmad, Youssef ^c   Abuzerr, Samer ^d  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c Albaath University   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^d TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Graphene; Nanocrystal; Visible light; ZnO

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CATALYST ACTIVITY; CHARGE TRANSFER; COMBUSTION; DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GRAPHENE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOCATALYSTS; NANOCRYSTALS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTODEGRADATION; REACTION KINETICS; RED SHIFT; ZINC OXIDE;

AUTO-COMBUSTION METHODS; CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; LANGMUIR-HINSHELWOOD MODELS; LIGAND-TO-METAL CHARGE TRANSFERS; PSEUDO-FIRST ORDER KINETICS; VISIBLE LIGHT; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

LIGHT;

EID: 85011832656     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.01.309     Document Type: Article

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