Table 2 The energy gap (Eg), residual dielectric constant (εL), carrier density (N/m*), photocatlytic efficiency and degradation rate of Cd0.40Ni0.60ZnO2 annealed nanocomposite samples.
Tann (oC) | Eg ±0.025 (eV) | εL | (N/m*)\(\:\times\:\)1054 (cm3.g)-1 | Eo (eV) | Ed (eV) | (\(\:\varvec{\upeta\:}\:\))max (%) (150 min) | K (s-1) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
200 | 1.80 | 3.07 | 7.38 | 4.57 | 12.43 | 71.40 | 1X 10-5 | |
300 | 1.75 | 2.24 | 8.61 | 3.17 | 6.68 | 74.28 | 1X 10-5 | |
400 | 1.55 | 2.44 | 0.86 | 10.15 | 15.40 | 81.15 | 2X 10-4 | |
500 | 1.95 | 3.22 | 0.74 | 10.58 | 23.33 | 62.08 | 7X 10-5 | |
600 | 2.05 | 1.82 | 0.84 | 6.93 | 6.53 | 60.53 | 6X 10-5 | |
