Effects of morphology on photocatalytic performance of Zinc oxide nanostructures synthesized by rapid microwave irradiation methods

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 512-522

  Kajbafvala, Amir ^a,b   Ghorbani, Hamed ^b   Paravar, Asieh ^b   Samberg, Joshua P ^a   Kajbafvala, Ehsan ^b   Sadrnezhaad, S K ^b  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

^b SHARIF UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Methylene blue (MB); Microwave synthesis; Photocatalytic performance; Zinc oxide nanostructures

Indexed keywords

BAND-GAP VALUES; BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; CHEMICAL SOLUTION METHOD; FLOWER-LIKE; METHYLENE BLUE; MICROWAVE ASSISTED; MICROWAVE SYNTHESIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; ROOM-TEMPERATURE PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SCANNING ELECTRONIC MICROSCOPY; SPHERICAL MORPHOLOGIES; SPHERICAL ZNO; UV LAMP IRRADIATION; ZINC OXIDE (ZNO); ZINC OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES; ZNO; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES; ZNO POWDER;

ADSORPTION; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; POWDERS; SPHERES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84858159765     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: 10963677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2012.01.015     Document Type: Article

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