Tunable shape microwave synthesis of zinc oxide nanospheres and their desulfurization performance compared with nanorods and platelet-like morphologies for the removal of hydrogen sulfide

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 116, Issue 15, 2012, Pages 8465-8474

  Garces, Hector F ^a,b   Espinal, Anais E ^c   Suib, Steven L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b University of Connecticut   (United States)

^c UNITED TECHNOLOGIES RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BET SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA; COSOLVENT MIXTURES; FIXED BED REACTOR; MICROWAVE SYNTHESIS; PORE VOLUME; SORPTION CAPACITIES; TEMPERATURE RANGE; X-RAY ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ZNO; ZNO NANOROD;

CHEMICAL REACTORS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MORPHOLOGY; NANORODS; NANOSPHERES; PLATELETS; RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SORPTION; SULFUR; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

DESULFURIZATION;

EID: 84860200840     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp210755t     Document Type: Article

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