Comparative study of photocatalytic activities of hydrothermally grown ZnO nanorod on Si(001) wafer and FTO glass substrates

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Jeon, Eun Hee ^a   Yang, Sena ^a   Kim, Yeonwoo ^a   Kim, Namdong ^b   Shin, Hyun Joon ^b   Baik, Jaeyoon ^b   Kim, Hyun Sung ^c   Lee, Hangil ^d  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^c Sogang University   (South Korea)

^d Sookmyung Women's University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

HRPES; Photocatalytic oxidation; STXM; TEM; ZnO nanorods

Indexed keywords

GLASS; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANORODS; OXYGEN; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; SILICON; SILICON WAFERS; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SURFACE DEFECTS; TIN OXIDES; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

FLUORINE DOPED TIN OXIDE; HIGH-RESOLUTION PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; HRPES; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC OXIDATIONS; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE WURTZITE; STXM; ZNO NANOROD;

SUBSTRATES;

EID: 84942097113     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s11671-015-1063-4     Document Type: Article

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