Construction of (001) facets exposed ZnO nanosheets on magnetically driven cilia film for highly active photocatalysis

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 394, Issue , 2017, Pages 115-124

  Peng, Fengping ^a   Zhou, Qiang ^a   Lu, Chunhua ^a   Ni, Yaru ^a,b   Kou, Jiahui ^a,c   Xu, Zhongzi ^a  

^a NANJING TECH UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Artificial cilia; Facets; Photocatalysis; ZnO

Indexed keywords

BIOMIMETIC PROCESSES; FILM GROWTH; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; MASS TRANSFER; NANORODS; NANOSHEETS; PHOTOCATALYSIS; ZINC OXIDE;

ARTIFICIAL CILIA; FACETS; HYDROTHERMAL GROWTH; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; ROTATIONAL MAGNETIC FIELD; STERIC HINDRANCES; ZNO NANOROD ARRAYS; ZNO NANOSHEETS;

ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

EID: 84992694907     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2016.10.066     Document Type: Article

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