The use of pulsed laser deposited seed layers for the aqueous solution growth of highly oriented ZnO nanowires on sapphire substrates at 95 C: Study of their photocatalytic activity in terms of octadecanoic (stearic) acid degradation

Applied Catalysis A: General

Volumn 467, Issue , 2013, Pages 559-567

  Kenanakis, G ^a,b   Pervolaraki, M ^c   Giapintzakis, J ^c   Katsarakis, N ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND LASER   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

Aqueous solution growth; Nanowires; Octadecanoic acid; Photocatalysis; Pulsed laser deposition; Seed layer; Stearic acid; ZnO

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTION GROWTHS; DEPOSITION TEMPERATURES; GROWTH ORIENTATIONS; OCTADECANOIC ACIDS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SEED LAYER; SUBSTRATE DEPOSITION; ZNO;

DEPOSITION; NANOWIRES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PULSED LASER DEPOSITION; SAPPHIRE; SOLUTIONS; STEARIC ACID; SUBSTRATES;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84883239261     PISSN: 0926860X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apcata.2013.07.040     Document Type: Article

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