A facile gelatin-assisted preparation and photocatalytic activity of zinc oxide nanosheets

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 369, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 268-271

  Kang, Shi Zhao ^a   Wu, Tan ^b   Li, Xiangqing ^a   Mu, Jin ^b  

^a SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Gelatin; Photocatalytic activity; Preparation; ZnO nanosheets

Indexed keywords

GAS ADSORPTION; PHOTODEGRADATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

FLUORESCENCE SPECTRA; GELATIN; GROWTH MECHANISMS; HIGH CRYSTALLINITY; NITROGEN ADSORPTION; OXIDE NANOSHEETS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PREPARATION; RHODAMINE B; SIMPLE METHOD; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; UV IRRADIATION; UV-VIS SPECTRUM; WURTZITES; ZNO NANOSHEETS;

NANOSHEETS;

GELATIN; NANOMATERIAL; RHODAMINE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE NANOSHEET;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTALLIZATION; DEGRADATION; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR PROBE; NANOFABRICATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 77956884943     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.08.029     Document Type: Article

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