Evaluation on the heterostructured CeO2/Y2O3 binary metal oxide nanocomposites for UV/Vis light induced photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine - B dye for textile engineering application

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 727, Issue , 2017, Pages 1324-1337

  Magdalane, C Maria ^a,b   Kaviyarasu, K ^c,d   Vijaya, J Judith ^b   Siddhardha, Busi ^e   Jeyaraj, B ^b   Kennedy, J ^c,f   Maaza, M ^c,d  

^a ST XAVIER S COLLEGE AUTONOMOUS   (India)

^b LOYOLA COLLEGE   (India)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^d NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (South Africa)

^e PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

^f GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Optical activity; Photocatalytic activity; Photoluminescence; Raman spectroscopy

Indexed keywords

BINS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURES; NITRATES; OPTICAL MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL NANOSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL ACTIVITY; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; REACTIVE OXYGEN SPECIES;

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EID: 85029115625     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2017.08.209     Document Type: Article

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