ZnO micro/nanocrystals with tunable exposed (0001) facets for enhanced catalytic activity on the thermal decomposition of ammonium perchlorate

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 22, 2014, Pages 11833-11841

  Tang, Gen ^a,c   Tian, Shouqin ^a,b   Zhou, Zhaoxia ^a   Wen, Yanwei ^a   Pang, Aimin ^c   Zhang, Yungang ^c   Zeng, Dawen ^a   Li, Haitao ^a   Shan, Bin ^a   Xie, Changsheng ^a  

^a HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Wuhan University of Technology   (China)

^c Hubei Institute of Aerospace Chemotechnology   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CATALYST ACTIVITY; DECOMPOSITION; IONIZATION OF GASES;

ACTIVATION ENERGY E; AMMONIUM PERCHLORATES; CATALYTIC DECOMPOSITION; CHEMICAL BATH DEPOSITION METHODS; ENHANCED CATALYTIC ACTIVITY; OXIDATION REACTIONS; PERCHLORIC ACIDS; ZNO NANOCRYSTAL;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84901981630     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp503510x     Document Type: Article

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