Fabrication and photocatalytic properties of spheres-in-spheres ZnO/ZnAl 2 O 4 composite hollow microspheres

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 268, Issue , 2013, Pages 237-245

  Zhang, Li ^a,b   Yan, Jianhui ^a,b   Zhou, Minjie ^b   Yang, Yahui ^a   Liu, You Nian ^a  

^a CENTRAL SOUTH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HUNAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Composite hollow microsphere; Photocatalytic activity; Spheres in spheres

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; BOROPHOSPHATE GLASS; COMPLEXATION; DYES; FABRICATION; GLUCOSE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; METAL IONS; METALS; MICROSPHERES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOLUTIONS; SPHERES; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; HOLLOW MICROSPHERE; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC DECOLORIZATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; TEXTURAL PROPERTIES;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84875469500     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2012.12.069     Document Type: Article

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