A facile salicylic acid assisted hydrothermal synthesis of different flower-like ZnO hierarchical architectures with optical and concentration-dependent photocatalytic properties

Materials Characterization

Volumn 114, Issue , 2016, Pages 185-196

  Duo, Shuwang ^a   Li, Yangyang ^a   Zhang, Hao ^a   Liu, Tingzhi ^a   Wu, Kai ^a   Li, Zaiquan ^a  

^a JIANGXI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Flower like; Hydrothermal synthesis; Optical properties; Photocatalytic performance; ZnO hierarchical architectures

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; BAMBOO; NANORODS; NANOSTRUCTURES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; SALICYLIC ACID; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

CONCENTRATION-DEPENDENT; FLOWER-LIKE; HIERARCHICAL ARCHITECTURES; HYDROTHERMAL METHODS; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTOCURRENT RESPONSE; PHOTODEGRADATION RATE;

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS;

EID: 84960084053     PISSN: 10445803     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matchar.2016.02.021     Document Type: Article

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