An ammonia vapor-based approach to ZnO nanostructures and their study as photocatalyst material

Ceramics International

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 907-916

  Mansournia, Mohammadreza ^a   Rafizadeh, Somayeh ^a   Hosseinpour Mashkani, S Mostafa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

A. Calcination; A. Powders: chemical preparation; C. Chemical properties; D. ZnO

Indexed keywords

AMMONIA; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DYES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANOSTRUCTURES; PARTICLE SIZE; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHOTOCATALYSTS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC;

ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; PHOTOCATALYST MATERIALS; PHOTOCATALYTIC APPLICATION; POWDERS: CHEMICAL PREPARATIONS; PRECURSOR CONCENTRATION; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IRRADIATION; ZNO;

ZINC OXIDE;

EID: 84945298833     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2015.09.017     Document Type: Article

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