Hierarchical ZnO with twinned structure: Morphology evolution, formation mechanism and properties

Materials Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 156, Issue , 2015, Pages 61-68

  Shi, Ruixia ^a   Song, Xueling ^a   Li, Jia ^a   Yang, Ping ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

Author keywords

Chemical synthesis; Electron microscopy; Semiconductors

Indexed keywords

ASPECT RATIO; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FOOTBALL; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MICROSPHERES; MORPHOLOGY; OXIDE MINERALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; PORE SIZE; SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); URANIUM METALLOGRAPHY; VANADIUM METALLOGRAPHY; WIDE BAND GAP SEMICONDUCTORS; ZINC OXIDE;

FORMATION MECHANISM; HEXAGONAL NANOSHEETS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; MORPHOLOGY EVOLUTION; NUCLEATION AND GROWTH; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; TRI-SODIUM CITRATES; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

GROWTH RATE;

EID: 84925151272     PISSN: 02540584     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchemphys.2015.02.020     Document Type: Article

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