ZnS nanocrystals and nanoflowers synthesized by a green chemistry approach: Rare excitonic photoluminescence achieved by the tunable molar ratio of precursors

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 211-212, Issue , 2012, Pages 62-67

  Xiao, Ningru ^a   Dai, Quanqin ^a   Wang, Yingnan ^a   Ning, Jiajia ^a   Liu, Bingbing ^a   Zou, Guangtian ^a   Zou, Bo ^a  

^a JILIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Excitonic emission; Green chemistry; Nanocrystals; Nanoflowers; ZnS

Indexed keywords

BAND EDGE; ENVIRONMENTALLY BENIGN; EXCITONIC EMISSION; EXCITONIC PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; FORMATION MECHANISM; GREEN CHEMISTRY; GREEN SYNTHESIS; MOLAR RATIO; OLIVE OIL; SHAPE-CONTROLLED; TRAP STATE; TRAP-STATE EMISSION; ZNS; ZNS NANOCRYSTALS;

NANOFLOWERS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SULFUR; VEGETABLE OILS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

NANOCRYSTALS;

NANOCRYSTAL; OLIVE OIL; SULFUR; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

LUMINESCENCE; NANOTECHNOLOGY; PHOTOOXIDATION; SULFUR; VEGETABLE OIL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GREEN CHEMISTRY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SYNTHESIS;

GREEN CHEMISTRY TECHNOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; NANOPARTICLES; PLANT OILS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; SULFIDES; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84858294278     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.11.020     Document Type: Article

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