Surface defects control for ZnO nanorods synthesized by quenching and their anti-recombination in photocatalysis

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 332, Issue , 2015, Pages 47-54

  Fang, Jiawen ^a   Fan, Huiqing ^a   Ma, Yuan ^a   Wang, Zheng ^b   Chang, Qi ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NORTHWESTERN POLYTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Defect; Photocatalysis; Quenching; Recombination; Zinc oxide

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEFECTS; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; LIGHT ABSORPTION; NANORODS; OPTICAL EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; PHASE STRUCTURE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; QUENCHING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY; VALENCE BANDS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE;

BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLERS; ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH TEMPERATURE QUENCHING; PHOTOCATALYTIC REACTIVITY; PHOTOGENERATED ELECTRONS; RECOMBINATION; UV VISIBLE SPECTROSCOPY;

SURFACE DEFECTS;

EID: 84924203618     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2015.01.139     Document Type: Article

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