Fabrication and photocatalytic activities of ZnO arrays with different nanostructures

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 263, Issue , 2012, Pages 704-711

  Sun, Fazhe ^a   Qiao, Xueliang ^a   Tan, Fatang ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Qiu, Xiaolin ^b  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b NANCHANG INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Crystal growth; Hydrothermal method; Nanocrystalline materials; Photocatalytic activity

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CRYSTAL GROWTH; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; NANOCRYSTALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

DEFECTS DENSITY; FLOWER-LIKE ZNO; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PL SPECTRA;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84869504826     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.09.144     Document Type: Article

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