Structurally enhanced photocatalytic activity of flower-like ZnO synthesized by PEG-assited hydrothermal route

Ceramics International

Volumn 40, Issue 1 PART B, 2014, Pages 1951-1959

  Adhyapak, Parag V ^a   Meshram, Satish P ^a   Amalnerkar, Dinesh P ^a   Mulla, Imtiaz S ^a  

^a CENTRE FOR MATERIALS FOR ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY C MET   (India)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal; Methylene blue; Photocatalytic activity; Polyethylene glycol; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; ENAMELS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE;

FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FLOWER-LIKE MORPHOLOGIES; HYDROTHERMAL; HYDROTHERMAL ROUTES; METHYLENE BLUE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTODEGRADATION OF METHYLENE BLUE;

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS;

EID: 84888001096     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2013.07.104     Document Type: Article

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