Facile synthesis and photocatalytic activity of bi-phase dispersible Cu-ZnO hybrid nanoparticles

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 1-9

  Liu, Xiao ^a   Liu, Hong Ling ^a   Zhang, Wen Xing ^b   Li, Xue Mei ^a   Fang, Ning ^a   Wang, Xian Hong ^a   Wu, Jun Hua ^c,d  

^a HENAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHANGQIU NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^d Korea University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Bi phase dispersible; Cu ZnO nanoparticles; Nanoemulsion; Photocatalytic performance

Indexed keywords

BISMUTH COMPOUNDS; CRYSTALLINITY; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; NANOPARTICLES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYOLS; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

AVERAGE PARTICLE SIZE; HIGH CRYSTALLINITY; HYBRID NANOPARTICLE; NANOEMULSION; OPTICAL PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; POLY(PROPYLENE GLYCOL); VISIBLE-LIGHT ABSORBANCE;

COPPER COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84928724464     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-015-0895-2     Document Type: Article

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