Sub-coherent growth of ZnO nanorod arrays on three-dimensional graphene framework as one-bulk high-performance photocatalyst

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 390, Issue , 2016, Pages 266-272

  Yu, Mei ^a   Ma, Yuxiao ^a   Liu, Jianhua ^a   Li, Xinjie ^a   Li, Songmei ^a   Liu, Shenyao ^a  

^a BEIHANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AZO DYES; EFFICIENCY; GRAPHENE; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MASS TRANSFER; ZINC OXIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

COHERENT GROWTH; CRYSTAL SURFACES; EFFICIENCY TEST; NANO-ROD ARRAYS; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOGENERATED HOLES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL GRAPHENE; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS;

NANORODS;

EID: 84983772886     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.08.061     Document Type: Article

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