Synthesis and photocatalytic application of oriented hierarchical ZnO flower-rod architectures

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 217-218, Issue , 2012, Pages 100-106

  Han, Zhizhong ^a   Liao, Lan ^a   Wu, Yueting ^a,b   Pan, Haibo ^a,b   Shen, Shuifa ^a   Chen, Jianzhong ^a  

^a FUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Fujian Key Laboratory of Medical Instrumentation and Pharmaceutical Technology   (China)

Author keywords

Photocatalytic device; Photodegradation; Photoelectrochemical properties; Rhodamine B; ZnO flower rod arrays

Indexed keywords

CHARGE TRANSFER RESISTANCE; DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; ELECTROCHEMICAL METHODS; ELECTRON HOLE PAIRS; INDIUM DOPED TIN OXIDES; ORIENTED STRUCTURE; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC DEVICES; PHOTOELECTROCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOINDUCED CURRENTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; RHODAMINE B; SEED LAYER; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; UV IRRADIATION; WURTZITE PHASE; ZNO; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

CENTRIFUGATION; CHARGE TRANSFER; DEGRADATION; ITO GLASS; OXYGEN VACANCIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; TIN; TIN OXIDES; ZINC SULFIDE;

ZINC OXIDE;

AMMONIUM HYDROXIDE; ELECTROLYTE; INDIUM TIN OXIDE; RHODAMINE B; ZINC OXIDE;

CENTRIFUGE; ELECTROKINESIS; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FLOWER; GLASS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEM; LUMINESCENCE; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; SUBSTRATE;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; HIERARCHICAL ZINC OXIDE FLOWER ROD ARRAY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WATER POLLUTION;

CATALYSIS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; PHOTOCHEMICAL PROCESSES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ULTRAVIOLET; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84862788341     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.02.074     Document Type: Article

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