Hydrothermal synthesis and photocatalytic activity of zinc oxide hollow spheres

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2008, Pages 4902-4907

  Yu, Jiaguo ^a   Yu, Xiaoxiao ^a  

^a WUHAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OPTICAL DESIGN; OXIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SEMICONDUCTING ZINC COMPOUNDS; SPHERES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZINC; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CALCINATION; GLUCOSE; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HOLLOW SPHERES; HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENT (HTT); ONE POT; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY (PA); SYNTHESIS (OF CHIRAL IONIC LIQUIDS);

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS;

GLUCOSE; RHODAMINE B; ZINC OXIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; CATALYSIS; HEATING; OXIDE; PHOTODEGRADATION; ZINC;

ADSORPTION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING; CATALYSIS; CRYSTAL; DECOLORIZATION; DESORPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; FILTRATION; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; POROSITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEDIMENTATION; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; SYNTHESIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CHLORIDES; GLUCOSE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SEMICONDUCTORS; TEMPERATURE; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

COMBINED EFFECT; HOLLOW SPHERE; MAXIMUM VALUES; MOLAR RATIO; NITROGEN ADSORPTION-DESORPTION; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOLORIZATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIONS; POROUS STRUCTURES; SCANNING ELECTRONS; SEPARATION TECHNOLOGIES; SHELL THICKNESS; SLURRY SYSTEM; ZINC IONS; ZNO;

EID: 46849090084     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800036n     Document Type: Article

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