A facile route for the formation of shape-selective ZnO nanoarchitectures with superior photo-catalytic activity

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 446, Issue , 2014, Pages 199-212

  Kundu, Subrata ^a  

^a CENTRAL ELECTROCHEMICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

2,7 DHN; Photo catalytic; Shape selective; UV light; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ALKALINITY; CATALYST ACTIVITY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NANOSTRUCTURES; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS;

2,7-DHN; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; SHAPE-SELECTIVE; UV-LIGHT; ZNO;

ZINC OXIDE;

METHYL RED; NANOMATERIAL; ZINC OXIDE;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; CATALYST; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL; DEGRADATION; ILLUMINATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYNTHESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WASTE WATER;

EID: 84894032315     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2013.12.035     Document Type: Article

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