Organic solvent assisted growth of flower-like ZnO for enhanced photocatalytic activities

Current Nanoscience

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 335-340

  Uthirakumar, Periyayya ^a,b   Muthulingam, S ^a   Ryu, Beo Deul ^b   Kang, Ji Hye ^b   Periyasamy, A ^a   Prabakaran, M ^a   Hong, Chang Hee ^b  

^a SONA COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dye; Flower like; Photocatalyst; Solvent; ZnO

Indexed keywords

DYEING; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; NANOSTRUCTURES; ORGANIC SOLVENTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SOLVENTS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLOWER-LIKE; N ,N-DIMETHYLANILINE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE PROPERTIES; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATIONS; ZNO; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

ZINC OXIDE;

FLOWER LIKE ZINC OXIDE NANOMATERIAL; FUCHSINE; MALACHITE GREEN; METHANOL; N,N DIMETHYLFORMAMIDE; NANOMATERIAL; ORGANIC SOLVENT; SOLVENT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CATALYST; CRYSTALLIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GROWTH; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84884229140     PISSN: 15734137     EISSN: 18756786     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1573413711309030007     Document Type: Article

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