A large scale of CuS nano-networks: Catalyst-free morphologically controllable growth and their application as efficient photocatalysts

Journal of Materials Research

Volumn 30, Issue 24, 2015, Pages 3746-3756

  Qian, Jingwen ^a,b   Zhao, Zengying ^c   Shen, Zhenguang ^a,b   Zhang, Guoliang ^a   Peng, Zhijian ^a   Fu, Xiuli ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

^b BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF GEOSCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

chemical vapor deposition (CVD) (chemical reaction); crystal growth; CuS; nanostructure; photocatalysis

Indexed keywords

ARGON; AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COPPER; CRYSTAL GROWTH; DEPOSITION; DYES; NANONEEDLES; NANOSTRUCTURES; ORGANIC POLYMERS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PHOTODEGRADATION; TEMPERATURE; VAPOR DEPOSITION;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITIONS (CVD); CONTROLLABLE GROWTH; LOW TEMPERATURE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION; NANOSHEET NETWORKS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; REACTION CONDITIONS; SINGLE-CRYSTALLINE; SOLID-LIQUID-SOLID MECHANISMS;

CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION;

EID: 84951781867     PISSN: 08842914     EISSN: 20445326     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1557/jmr.2015.373     Document Type: Article

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