Surface tuning for oxide-based nanomaterials as efficient photocatalysts

L Jing, W Zhou, G Tian, H Fu - Chemical Society Reviews, 2013 - pubs.rsc.org
Due to the increasingly polluted environment and the gradual depletion of fossil fuel
reserves, the development of renewable technologies for environmental remediation and …

Development of alternative photocatalysts to TiO 2: challenges and opportunities

MD Hernández-Alonso, F Fresno, S Suárez… - Energy & …, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Since the early development of this technology in the 1970s, TiO2 constitutes the
archetypical photocatalyst due to its relatively high efficiency, low cost and availability …

Superhydrophobic and ultraviolet-blocking cotton textiles

L Wang, X Zhang, B Li, P Sun, J Yang… - ACS applied materials …, 2011 - ACS Publications
Cotton textile was coated with ZnO@ SiO2 nanorods in order to obtain superhydrophobic
and ultraviolet (UV)-blocking properties. The coating process was conducted in mild …

Zinc oxide superstructures: recent synthesis approaches and application for hydrogen production via photoelectrochemical water splitting

MA Desai, AN Vyas, GD Saratale, SD Sartale - international journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Abstract “Superstructures” are basically three dimensional (3D) nano/microstructures which
arise at the expense of one dimensional (1D) and two dimensional (2D) nanostructures with …

Facile preparation of well-dispersed ZnO/cyclized polyacrylonitrile nanocomposites with highly enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity

Q Luo, X Yang, X Zhao, D Wang, R Yin, X Li… - Applied Catalysis B …, 2017 - Elsevier
Well-dispersed zinc oxide/cyclized polyacrylonitrile (ZnO/CPAN) nanocomposites were
prepared by a facile in-situ precipitation method. The mixture solution of dimethyl sulfoxide …

Growth of flower-like ZnO on ZnO nanorod arrays created on zinc substrate through low-temperature hydrothermal synthesis

R Shi, P Yang, X Dong, Q Ma, A Zhang - Applied Surface Science, 2013 - Elsevier
Flower-like ZnO with various morphologies on ZnO nanorod arrays have been
hydrothermally fabricated using zinc substrates at low temperature (70° C). The time …

Ascorbate-assisted growth of hierarchical ZnO nanostructures: sphere, spindle, and flower and their catalytic properties

M Raula, MH Rashid, TK Paira, E Dinda, TK Mandal - Langmuir, 2010 - ACS Publications
A simple solution-based method to prepare mainly flowerlike zinc oxide (ZnO)
nanostructures using the ascorbate ion as a shape-directing/capping agent at relatively low …

Facet enhanced photocatalytic effect with uniform single-crystalline zinc oxide nanodisks

JH Zeng, BB Jin, YF Wang - Chemical Physics Letters, 2009 - Elsevier
Uniform single-crystalline ZnO nanodisks and nanowires (thick and thin nanowires) with well-
developed facets have been synthesized hydrothermally. It is demonstrated that the unique …

Multistep synthesis, growth mechanism, optical, and microwave absorption properties of ZnO dendritic nanostructures

RF Zhuo, HT Feng, JT Chen, D Yan… - The Journal of …, 2008 - ACS Publications
Intriguing ZnO dendritic nanostructures have been synthesized by a two-step chemical
vapor deposition process. Regular nanorods grow uniformly to the presynthesized ZnO …

Photocatalytic study of two-dimensional ZnO nanopellets in the decomposition of methylene blue

WS Chiu, PS Khiew, M Cloke, D Isa, TK Tan… - Chemical Engineering …, 2010 - Elsevier
We report several significant photodecomposition rates of methylene blue (MB) obtained
before and after the refluxing process of own-synthesized two-dimensional (2D) zinc oxide …