Electrochemical deposition of flower-like ZnO nanoparticles on a silver-modified carbon nanotube/polyimide membrane to improve its photoelectric activity and photocatalytic performance

Carbon

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 3522-3529

  Kou, Huanhuan ^a   Jia, Lingpu ^a   Wang, Chunming ^a  

^a LANZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT VOLTAGE; ELECTROCHEMICAL DEPOSITION; FLOWER-LIKE; GAP MEASUREMENTS; IMPROVED SUBSTRATE; OPEN CIRCUIT POTENTIAL MEASUREMENTS; PHOTOCATALYTIC CHARACTERISTICS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOELECTRIC PROPERTY; SILVER NANOPARTICLES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTRA; ZNO; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

CARBON; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ENERGY GAP; NANOPARTICLES; NANOTUBES; PHOTOELECTRICITY; REDUCTION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

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EID: 84861580977     PISSN: 00086223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbon.2012.03.020     Document Type: Article

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