Preparation of ZnO from 2 D nanosheets to diverse 1 D nanorods and their structure, surface area, photocurrent, optical and photocatalytic properties by simple hydrothermal synthesis

Journal of Alloys and Compounds

Volumn 695, Issue , 2017, Pages 2563-2579

  Duo, Shuwang ^a   Li, Yangyang ^a   Liu, Zhao ^a   Zhong, Ruifang ^a   Liu, Tingzhi ^a   Xu, Haiming ^a  

^a JIANGXI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Hydrothermal synthesis; Nanorod; Optical property; Photocatalytic performance; ZnO

Indexed keywords

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NANORODS; NANOSHEETS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHOTOCATALYSIS; REFLECTION; SURFACE DEFECTS; YARN; ZINC OXIDE; ZINC SULFIDE;

INTERPLANAR SPACINGS; PHOTOCATALYTIC ACTIVITIES; PHOTOCATALYTIC EFFICIENCY; PHOTOCATALYTIC PERFORMANCE; PHOTOCATALYTIC PROPERTY; PHOTOCURRENT DENSITY; SYMMETRIC DISTRIBUTIONS; TWO DIMENSIONAL (2 D);

HYDROTHERMAL SYNTHESIS;

EID: 85008255062     PISSN: 09258388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2016.11.162     Document Type: Article

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