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Photocatalytic Degradation of Organic Dyes Using ZnO/CeO₂ Nanocomposite Material under Visible Light

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Nanorods of ZnO/CeO2 were synthesized by thermal decomposition method. The decomposition temperature and formation of composite material were confirmed by the thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) before the synthesis process. The prepared samples were characterized by different techniques. The structural and morphological properties of ZnO/CeO2 nanorods were confirmed by X-ray diffraction (XRD) and high resolution scanning electron microscopy (HR-SEM). The chemical composition and specific surface area analysis were done by energy dispersive X-ray spectroscopy (EDX) and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) method. Further the catalyst was used for photocatalytic degradation of organic dye under visible light irradiation

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Advanced Materials Research (Volume 584)

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381-385

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October 2012

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Saravanan Rajendran, N. Karthikeyan, S. Govindan, V. Narayanan, A. Stephen

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Nanorod, Photocatalyst, Visible Light

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