Thermo-catalytic decomposition of formaldehyde: A novel approach to produce mesoporous ZnO for enhanced photocatalytic activities

Nanotechnology

Volumn 25, Issue 25, 2014, Pages

  Lei, Jian F ^a   Li, Li B ^a   Du, Kai ^a   Ni, Jing ^a   Zhang, Shao F ^a   Zhao, Ling Z ^b  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Mesoporous materials; Photocatalyst; Template

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; FORMALDEHYDE; MESOPOROUS MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SINTERING;

CRYSTAL PLANES; CRYSTALLINE PARTICLES; MESOPOROUS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SINTERING PROCESS; TEMPLATE; ZNO CRYSTALS;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84901992617     PISSN: 09574484     EISSN: 13616528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/25/25/255701     Document Type: Article

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