Facile synthesis of heterostructured ZnO-ZnS nanocables and enhanced photocatalytic activity

Journal of the American Ceramic Society

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3384-3389

  Lin, Dandan ^a   Wu, Hui ^a   Zhang, Rui ^a   Zhang, Wei ^a   Panw, Wei ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERSION PROCESS; CORE-SHELL NANOSTRUCTURES; ELECTROSPUNS; FACILE SYNTHESIS; NANOCABLES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTON EFFICIENCY; PROBE REACTIONS; PURE ZNO; RHODAMINE B; SODIUM SULFIDES; ZNO;

NANOFIBERS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SODIUM; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); ZINC SULFIDE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 78649598352     PISSN: 00027820     EISSN: 15512916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-2916.2010.03855.x     Document Type: Article

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