An electrochemically active green synthesized polycrystalline NiO/MgO catalyst: Use in photo-catalytic applications

Materials Research Bulletin

Volumn 97, Issue , 2018, Pages 457-465

  Fuku, X ^a,b   Matinise, N ^a,b   Masikini, M ^c   Kasinathan, K ^a,b   Maaza, Malik ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA   (South Africa)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

A. oxides; B. optical properties; C. X ray diffraction; D. catalytic properties; D. electrochemical properties

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ASSOCIATION REACTIONS; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CYCLIC VOLTAMMETRY; ENERGY GAP; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METAL NANOPARTICLES; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; METALS; NANOPARTICLES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SOLUTIONS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CALCINATION TEMPERATURE; CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; ENTROPIC CONTRIBUTIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; HIGH-RESOLUTION TEM; INTERPLANAR DISTANCE; METAL OXIDE NANOPARTICLES; X-RAY DIFFRACTION SPECTROSCOPY;

NANOCOMPOSITES;

EID: 85029943691     PISSN: 00255408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.materresbull.2017.09.022     Document Type: Article

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