Flower-like ZnO-Ag2O composites: Precipitation synthesis and photocatalytic activity

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Xu, Lingling ^a   Wei, Bo ^b   Liu, Weilong ^b   Zhang, Hailin ^a   Su, Chunyan ^c   Che, Jixin ^d  

^a HARBIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HARBIN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c HARBIN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d AVIATION UNIVERSITY OF AIR FORCE   (China)

Author keywords

Composite; Photocatalytic activity; ZnO

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; COMPLEXATION; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRRADIATION; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILVER OXIDES; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

CHEMICAL PRECIPITATION; DEGRADATION OF METHYL ORANGES; ELECTRON HOLE RECOMBINATION RATE; FLOWER-LIKE ZNO; PRECIPITATION SYNTHESIS; ROUGH SURFACES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY IMAGE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATIONS;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 84891443129     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-8-536     Document Type: Article

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