Stacked ZnO nanorods synthesized by solution precipitation method and their photocatalytic activity study

Journal of Sol-Gel Science and Technology

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 260-271

  Thein, Myo Thuya ^a   Pung, Swee Yong ^a   Aziz, Azizan ^a   Itoh, Mitsuru ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF MATERIALS AND MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Nanorods; Photocatalytic study; Solution precipitation; ZnO

Indexed keywords

II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MORPHOLOGY; NANORODS; OXIDE MINERALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ZINC OXIDE;

ADSORPTION OF ORGANIC MOLECULES; CONTROLLED MORPHOLOGY; EFFECTIVE SURFACE AREA; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; SECONDARY NUCLEATION; SOLUTION PRECIPITATION;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 84925502941     PISSN: 09280707     EISSN: 15734846     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10971-015-3646-z     Document Type: Article

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