Effect of preparation parameters on the morphologically induced photocatalytic activities of hierarchical zinc oxide nanostructures

Ceramics International

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 7367-7378

  Adhyapak, Parag V ^a   Meshram, Satish P ^a   Tomar, Vijaykumar ^a   Amalnerkar, Dinesh P ^a   Mulla, Imtiaz S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY C MET   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal; Methylene blue; Photocatalytic activity; Sonochemical; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HYDROTHERMAL; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTODEGRADATION OF METHYLENE BLUE; SONOCHEMICAL; STRUCTURE DIRECTING AGENTS; ZINC OXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84880304228     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.02.076     Document Type: Article

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