Facile green fabrication of nanostructural Ni-doped ZnO hollow sphere as an advanced photocatalytic material for dye degradation

Journal of Molecular Liquids

Volumn 242, Issue , 2017, Pages 512-519

  Mousavi, Seyed Mohsen ^a,b   Mahjoub, Ali Reza ^a   Abazari, Reza ^a  

^a TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b FARHANGIAN UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Azo dye; Chemical method; Hollow sphere; Photocatalytic activity; Waste water; X Ni ZnO

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ENAMELS; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; NICKEL; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPHERES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

CHEMICAL METHOD; ENERGY DISPERSIVE ANALYSIS OF X-RAYS; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; HOLLOW SPHERE; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA (ICP); PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; POWDER X-RAY DIFFRACTION (PXRD);

HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 85024883771     PISSN: 01677322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2017.07.050     Document Type: Article

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