Synthesis and characterization of ZnS-Ag nanoballs and its application in photocatalytic dye degradation under visible light

Journal of Nanostructure in Chemistry

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Sivakumar, P ^a,a,b   Gaurav Kumar, G K ^a   Renganathan, S ^a  

^a ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b JCT COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Characterization; Kinetics; Methylene blue; Photocatalytic degradation; Visible light; ZnS Ag nanoballs

Indexed keywords

EID: 85135205358     PISSN: 20089244     EISSN: 21938865     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s40097-014-0107-0     Document Type: Article

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