Control growth of single crystalline ZnO nanorod arrays and nanoflowers with enhanced photocatalytic activity

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Feng, Jiu Ju ^a,c   Wang, Zhen Zhen ^c   Li, Yong Fang ^b   Chen, Jian Rong ^a   Wang, Ai Jun ^a,c  

^a ZHEJIANG NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HENAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Nanoflowers; Photocatalysis; Zinc foils; ZnO nanorod arrays

Indexed keywords

CYCLOHEXANE; ETHANOLAMINES; FREE RADICALS; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRRADIATION; NANOFLOWERS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PHOTODEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC; ZINC OXIDE;

HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS; NANO-ROD ARRAYS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; SELECTIVE CONTROL; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; TIME EVOLUTIONS; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS; ZNO STRUCTURES;

NANORODS;

ETHANOLAMINE; HYDROGEN; HYDROXYL RADICAL; METHENAMINE; NANOROD; OXYGEN; ZINC OXIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; ATOM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84874930725     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1565-x     Document Type: Article

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