Morphological evolution of Fe doped sea urchin-shaped ZnO nanoparticles with enhanced photocatalytic activity

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 696, Issue , 2017, Pages 639-647

  Hui, Aiping ^a,b   Ma, Jianzhong ^a,b   Liu, Junli ^a,b   Bao, Yan ^a,b   Zhang, Jing ^a  

^a SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b SHAANXI RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Doping; Fe; Photocatalytic degradation; ZnO

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; DEGRADATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ENAMELS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; ENERGY GAP; FIELD EMISSION MICROSCOPES; HIGH RESOLUTION TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; II-VI SEMICONDUCTORS; IRON; MAMMALS; METAL NANOPARTICLES; MOLAR RATIO; MORPHOLOGY; ORGANIC CARBON; OXIDE MINERALS; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RHODAMINE B; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SHELLFISH; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; ZINC OXIDE; ZNO NANOPARTICLES;

BRUNAUER EMMETT TELLER ANALYSIS; CRYSTALLINE STRUCTURE; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPIES (EDS); FIELD EMISSION SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PRECIPITATION METHODS; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITY;

EID: 85005949801     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.10.319     Document Type: Article

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