Hexagonal ZnO nanorods assembled flowers for photocatalytic dye degradation: Growth, structural and optical properties

Superlattices and Microstructures

Volumn 64, Issue , 2013, Pages 495-506

  Rahman, Qazi Inamur ^a   Ahmad, Musheer ^b   Misra, Sunil Kumar ^c   Lohani, Minaxi B ^a  

^a INTEGRAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY KANPUR   (India)

^c D A V COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Catalytic properties; Chemical synthesis; Nanostructures; Surfaces

Indexed keywords

CATALYTIC PROPERTIES; DEGRADATION RATE CONSTANTS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; HEXAGONAL WURTZITE STRUCTURE; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC DYE DEGRADATIONS; STRUCTURAL AND OPTICAL PROPERTIES; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; DYES; MINTS; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTODEGRADATION; RATE CONSTANTS; SURFACES; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC SULFIDE;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84887102611     PISSN: 07496036     EISSN: 10963677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.spmi.2013.10.011     Document Type: Article

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