Controlled synthesis and photocatalytic properties of three dimensional hierarchical ZnO microflowers

Materials Express

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 256-264

  Wang, Jing ^a   Qu, Fengyu ^a   Wu, Xiang ^a  

^a HARBIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hierarchical structure; Photocatalytic properties; ZnO

Indexed keywords

EID: 84883345207     PISSN: 21585849     EISSN: 21585857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1166/mex.2013.1118     Document Type: Article

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