Furfural-induced hydrothermal synthesis of ZnO@C gemel hexagonal microrods with enhanced photocatalytic activity and stability

ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 8560-8566

  Zhang, Peng ^a   Li, Beibei ^a   Zhao, Zongbin ^a   Yu, Chang ^a   Hu, Chao ^a   Wu, Shengji ^b   Qiu, Jieshan ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HANGZHOU DIANZI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

furfural; hydrothermal synthesis; photocatalysis; photocorrosion; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ALDEHYDES; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CARBON; FURFURAL; HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS; PHOTOCATALYSIS;

CARBON PRECURSORS; HYDROTHERMAL CARBONS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; HYDROTHERMAL PROCESS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCORROSION; PHOTODEGRADATION OF METHYLENE BLUE; ZNO;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84902449191     PISSN: 19448244     EISSN: 19448252     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/am501423j     Document Type: Article

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