Novel synthesis and characterization of mesoporous Zno nanofibers by electrospinning technique

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 1207-1213

  Mali, Sawanta S ^a   Kim, Hyungjin ^a   Jang, Woon Yeong ^a   Park, Hye Seon ^a   Patil, Pramod S ^a,b   Hong, Chang Kook ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b SHIVAJI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

HRTEM; Mesoporous ZnO nanofibers; Raman; XPS

Indexed keywords

ELECTROSPINNING TECHNIQUES; HRTEM; MICRO RAMAN SPECTROSCOPY; RAMAN; SYNTHESIS AND CHARACTERIZATIONS; THIN FILM SOLAR CELLS; VIBRATIONAL PROPERTIES; ZNO NANOFIBERS;

CALCINATION; CHEMICALS REMOVAL (WATER TREATMENT); ELECTROSPINNING; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; NANOFIBERS; NITROGEN REMOVAL; PHOTOELECTRONS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER TREATMENT; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84884213313     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc400153j     Document Type: Article

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