Synthesis of flower like zinc oxide nanostructure and its application as a photocatalyst

Separation and Purification Technology

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 125-130

  Kansal, Sushil Kumar ^a   Ali, Ahmed Hassan ^a   Kapoor, Seema ^a   Bahnemann, Detlef W ^b  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b LEIBNIZ UNIVERSITY HANNOVER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Nanophotocatalyst; Photocatalysis; SEM; XRD; ZnO

Indexed keywords

BET SURFACE AREA; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRUM; DYE-BATH EFFLUENTS; FLOWER-LIKE; FT-IR SPECTRUM; HYDROTHERMAL ROUTES; NANOPHOTOCATALYST; OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; ROOM-TEMPERATURE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SEM AND TEM; STRUCTURE AND MORPHOLOGY; XRD; ZNO; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; REUSABILITY;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 79959753888     PISSN: 13835866     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.seppur.2011.04.019     Document Type: Article

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