Hydrogen peroxide generation and photocatalytic degradation of estrone by microstructural controlled ZnO nanorod arrays

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 263, Issue , 2012, Pages 389-396

  Liu, Yangsi ^a   Han, Jie ^a   Qiu, Wei ^a   Gao, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Estrone; Fluorescence; Microstructure; Photocatalysis; ZnO nanorod array

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; FLUORESCENCE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MICROSTRUCTURE; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDATION; PEROXIDES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

ESTRONE; FLUORESCENCE ANALYSIS; LOW-TEMPERATURE HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; PEROXIDE GENERATIONS; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; TRANSMITTANCE SPECTRA; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

NANORODS;

EID: 84869489936     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.09.067     Document Type: Article

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