Influence of two different template removal methods on the micromorphology, crystal structure, and photocatalytic activity of hollow CdS nanospheres

Journal of Nanoparticle Research

Volumn 18, Issue 11, 2016, Pages

  Wang, Han ^a,b   Jin, Tingting ^a   Zheng, Xing ^c   Jiang, Bo ^a   Zhu, Chaosheng ^a   Yuan, Xiangdong ^b   Zheng, Jingtang ^a   Wu, Mingbo ^a  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

^b Baotou Light Industry and Vocational Technical College   (China)

^c Beijing Hejili Science and Technology Development Co Ltd   (China)

Author keywords

Calcination; Etching; Hollow CdS; Nanosphere; Photocatalysis; Surface science

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; AZO DYES; CADMIUM SULFIDE; CALCINATION; DYES; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ETCHING; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; NANOSPHERES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL); THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X RAY DIFFRACTION; ZINC SULFIDE;

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DIFFUSED REFLECTANCE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X-RAY; HEXAGONAL CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; SONOCHEMICAL PROCESS; SPHALERITE STRUCTURE; SURFACE SCIENCE;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE;

CADMIUM SULFIDE; METHYL ORANGE; METHYLENE BLUE; NANOSPHERE; POLYSTYRENE; RHODAMINE B;

ARTICLE; CALCINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY SPECTROSCOPY; ETCHING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; METHODOLOGY; MICROMORPHOLOGY; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOCATALYSIS; POROSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPY; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; ULTRAVIOLET VISIBLE DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE SPECTRA; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84995752927     PISSN: 13880764     EISSN: 1572896X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11051-015-3255-3     Document Type: Article

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