Zinc oxide's hierarchical nanostructure and its photocatalytic properties

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 258, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3695-3702

  Kanjwal, Muzafar A ^a   Sheikh, Faheem A ^b   Barakat, Nasser A M ^c   Li, Xiaoqiang ^a   Kim, Hak Yong ^c   Chronakis, Ioannis S ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^c Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Electrospinning; Hydrothermal; Methylene blue; Zinc nanoparticles; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ELECTROSPINNING; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOFIBERS; NANOPARTICLES; POLYVINYL ACETATES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; SURFACE MEASUREMENT;

ELECTROSPINNING PROCESS; ELECTROSPUN NANOFIBERS; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL TECHNIQUES; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; ZINC NANOPARTICLES;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84856235109     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2011.12.008     Document Type: Article

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