Effect of surfactant on the morphology of ZnO nanopowders and their application for photodegradation of rhodamine B

Powder Technology

Volumn 286, Issue , 2015, Pages 269-275

  Wang, Jian ^a,b   Yang, Jinghai ^c   Li, Xiuyan ^c   Feng, Bo ^c   Wei, Bing ^c   Wang, Dandan ^a,b   Zhai, Hongju ^c   Song, Hang ^a  

^a CHANGCHUN INSTITUTE OF OPTICS   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c JILIN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Growth mechanism; Morphology; Photocatalytic property; ZnO

Indexed keywords

MORPHOLOGY; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXYGEN; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; ZINC OXIDE;

GROWTH MECHANISMS; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROCESS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRUM; SURFACE OXYGEN VACANCIES; ZNO;

OXYGEN VACANCIES;

ORGANIC CARBON; OXYGEN; RHODAMINE B; SURFACTANT; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

ARTICLE; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; POWDER; SURFACE AREA;

EID: 84940048393     PISSN: 00325910     EISSN: 1873328X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.powtec.2015.08.030     Document Type: Article

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