Microstructure, optical properties, and catalytic performance of Cu2O-modified ZnO nanorods prepared by electrodeposition

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jiang, Xishun ^a,b   Lin, Qibin ^b   Zhang, Miao ^a   He, Gang ^a   Sun, Zhaoqi ^a  

^a ANHUI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHUZHOU UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Catalytic performance; Microstructure; Optical properties; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; COPPER OXIDES; ELECTRODEPOSITION; ELECTRODES; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MICROSTRUCTURE; NANORODS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

CATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; DEPOSITION TIME; ITO SUBSTRATES; METHYL ORANGE; TWO-STEP ELECTRODEPOSITIONS; UV-VIS ABSORPTION SPECTRA; ZNO NANOROD;

OPTICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84922771935     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-015-0755-0     Document Type: Article

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