Preparation of flower-like ZnO architectures assembled with nanosheets for enhanced photocatalytic activity

Journal of Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 462, Issue , 2016, Pages 9-18

  Miao, Yu ^a   Zhang, Haijiao ^a   Yuan, Shuai ^a   Jiao, Zheng ^a   Zhu, Xuedong ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b EAST CHINA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Architectures; Flower like; Formation mechanism; Photocatalytic activities; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; CHEMICAL SENSORS; METALS; NANOSHEETS; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE; SODIUM SULFATE; UREA;

BASIC ZINC CARBONATES; FLOWER-LIKE; FORMATION MECHANISM; HIGH PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; INTERMEDIATE COMPOUND; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SEMICONDUCTOR METAL OXIDES; ZNO;

ZINC OXIDE;

ALKALI; DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; METHENAMINE; NANOSHEET; RHODAMINE B; UREA; ZINC CARBONATE; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DESORPTION; FLOWER; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MOLECULAR STABILITY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOCATALYST; NANOFABRICATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; PHOTOLUMINESCENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTROCHEMICAL MICROSCOPY; SEMICONDUCTOR; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; THERMOSTABILITY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET SPECTROSCOPY; X RAY POWDER DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84943188927     PISSN: 00219797     EISSN: 10957103     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.09.064     Document Type: Article

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