Morphology evolution of one-dimensional ZnO nanostructures towards enhanced photocatalysis performance

Ceramics International

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 518-526

  Dong, Xiaobin ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Liu, Yunshi ^a   Jia, Changchao ^a   Wang, Dan ^a   Wang, Junpeng ^a   Chen, Ling ^a   Che, Quande ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JINAN   (China)

Author keywords

D. ZnO; Electrospinning; Nanostructures; Photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; CATALYSIS; DEGRADATION; ELECTROSPINNING; GOLD; MORPHOLOGY; NANOPARTICLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOTUBES; OHMIC CONTACTS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SPINNING (FIBERS); VISCOSITY; YARN; ZINC OXIDE;

DEGRADATION EFFICIENCY; EVOLUTION OF MORPHOLOGIES; ONE-DIMENSIONAL STRUCTURE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; POLY VINYL PYRROLIDONE; TWO-STEP CALCINATION PROCESS; ZNO;

NANOBELTS;

EID: 84945569003     PISSN: 02728842     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ceramint.2015.08.140     Document Type: Article

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