The role of ammonia hydroxide in the formation of ZnO hexagonal nanodisks using sol–gel technique and their photocatalytic study

Journal of Experimental Nanoscience

Volumn 10, Issue 14, 2015, Pages 1068-1081

  Thein, Myo Thuya ^a   Pung, Swee Yong ^a   Aziz, Azizan ^a   Itoh, Mitsuru ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF MATERIALS AND MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

^b TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

photocatalytic; polar surfaces; sol gel approach; ZnO nanodisks

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; AMMONIA; ASPECT RATIO; IONS; RATE CONSTANTS; SOLS; ZINC;

ALUMINIUM SULPHATE; LARGE SURFACE AREA; NANODISKS; PHOTO-CATALYTIC; POLAR SURFACES; PREFERENTIAL GROWTH; SYNTHESIS DURATIONS; ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT IRRADIATION;

ZINC OXIDE;

ALUMINUM SULFATE; AMMONIA; AMMONIA HYDROXIDE; HYDROXIDE; ION; RHODAMINE B; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ZINC OXIDE HEXAGONAL NANODISK; ZINC OXIDE NANOPARTICLE;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; DEGRADATION; GEL; GROWTH; PHOTOCATALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; SYNTHESIS; THICKNESS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 85027925656     PISSN: 17458080     EISSN: 17458099     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17458080.2014.953609     Document Type: Article

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