Synthesis and characterization of CuO-NiO-ZnO mixed metal oxide nanocomposite

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 723, Issue , 2017, Pages 866-872

  Juma, Albert O ^a   Arbab, Elhadi A A ^b,c   Muiva, Cosmas M ^a   Lepodise, Lucia M ^a   Mola, Genene Tessema ^b  

^a BOTSWANA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Botswana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c OMDURMAN ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY   (Sudan)

Author keywords

Co precipitation; Mixed metal oxides; Nanocomposite; Williamson Hall plot

Indexed keywords

COPPER OXIDES; COPRECIPITATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; METALS; NANOCOMPOSITES; ZINC OXIDE;

COPRECIPITATION METHOD; DOUBLE HETEROJUNCTIONS; ELEMENTAL COMPOSITIONS; FUNCTIONAL PERFORMANCE; MIXED METAL OXIDE; OVERALL PROPERTIES; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; WILLIAMSON-HALL PLOT;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 85021660908     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.06.288     Document Type: Article

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