ZnO nanowires coated stainless steel meshes as hierarchical photocatalysts for catalytic photodegradation of four kinds of organic pollutants

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 678, Issue , 2016, Pages 137-146

  Ko, Fu Hsiang ^a   Lo, Wei Ju ^a   Chang, Yu Cheng ^b   Guo, Jin You ^b   Chen, Chien Ming ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b FENG CHIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aqueous chemical growth; Cathodoluminescence; Nanostructures; Photocatalytic degradation; Stainless steel mesh

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AZO DYES; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE; DYES; ENERGY GAP; MESH GENERATION; NANOSTRUCTURES; NANOWIRES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION; SURFACE DEFECTS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; ZINC OXIDE;

AQUEOUS CHEMICAL GROWTH; CATHODOLUMINESCENCE SPECTRA; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; STAINLESS STEEL MESH; SURFACE-TO-VOLUME RATIO; UV-LIGHT IRRADIATION;

STAINLESS STEEL;

EID: 84962725257     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.04.033     Document Type: Article

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