The SL-assisted synthesis of hierarchical ZnO nanostructures and their enhanced photocatalytic activity

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Miao, Ting Ting ^a   Guo, Yuan Ru ^a   Pan, Qing Jiang ^b  

^a NORTHEAST FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HEILONGJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Photocatalytic activity; Precipitation method; Sodium lignosulphonate; ZnO nanomaterials

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COST EFFECTIVENESS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRRADIATION; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); PULP MATERIALS; SCAFFOLDS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

COST-EFFECTIVE APPROACH; HEXAGONAL WURTZITE STRUCTURE; HIERARCHICAL NANOSTRUCTURES; PHOTOCATALYTIC BEHAVIORS; PHOTODEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; PRECIPITATION METHODS; SODIUM LIGNOSULPHONATE; ZNO NANOMATERIALS;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

METHYLENE BLUE; NANOMESH; NANOSPHERE; SODIUM DERIVATIVE; SODIUM LIGNOSULPHONATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; ILLUMINATION; MICROENVIRONMENT; MORPHOLOGY; NANOFABRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; WASTE WATER; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CATALYSTS; LIGNOSULFONATES; PRECIPITATION; SCAFFOLDS; SODIUM; SYNTHESIS; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84878004922     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-013-1725-z     Document Type: Article

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