Low-temperature growth of well-aligned zinc oxide nanorod arrays on silicon substrate and their photocatalytic application

International Journal of Nanomedicine

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 2109-2115

  Azam, Ameer ^a   Babkair, Saeed Salem ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Nanorods; Photodegradation; XRD; ZnO

Indexed keywords

METHYLENE BLUE; NANOROD; OXYGEN; SILICONE; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLE; NANOTUBE; SILICON; WATER POLLUTANT; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; LOW TEMPERATURE; NANOFABRICATION; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; RAMAN SPECTROMETRY; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; VIBRATION; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ABSORPTION; CATALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; COLD; CONFORMATION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PROCEDURES; RADIATION RESPONSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTANT;

ABSORPTION, PHYSICOCHEMICAL; CATALYSIS; COLD TEMPERATURE; LIGHT; MATERIALS TESTING; METHYLENE BLUE; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; NANOTUBES; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; SILICON; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER PURIFICATION; ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84899755084     PISSN: 11769114     EISSN: 11782013     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJN.S60839     Document Type: Article

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