One-step pyrolytic synthesis of ZnO nanorods with enhanced photocatalytic activity and high photostability under visible light and UV light irradiation

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 648, Issue , 2015, Pages 919-929

  Huang, Ni ^a   Shu, Jinxia ^a   Wang, Zhonghua ^a   Chen, Ming ^a   Ren, Chunguang ^b   Zhang, Wei ^c  

^a CHINA WEST NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Environmental remediation; Organic pollutants; Photocatalytic activity; Photostability; ZnO nanostructures

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; DYES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; IRRADIATION; LIGHT; NANOSHEETS; NANOSPHERES; NANOSTRUCTURES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLLUTION; PYROLYSIS; REUSABILITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION; ZINC; ZINC COMPOUNDS; ZINC OXIDE;

ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION; PHOTO-STABILITY; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SUPEROXIDE ANION RADICALS; UV-VISIBLE DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTROSCOPY; UV-VISIBLE LIGHT IRRADIATIONS; VISIBLE-LIGHT IRRADIATION; ZNO NANOSTRUCTURES;

NANORODS;

EID: 84937579661     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2015.07.039     Document Type: Article

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