Highly Branched Sn-Doped ZnO Nanostructures for Sunlight Driven Photocatalytic Reactions. (11th December 2014)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Liu, Yangyang; Chen, Xiaodong; Xu, Ying; Zhang, Quanhua; Wang, Xianying
• Other Names: Cao Shaowen Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: Journal of nanomaterials. Volume 2014(2014)
• Publication Date: 2014-12-11
• Subjects: Nanostructured materials -- Periodicals; Nanotechnology -- Periodicals; Nanomatériaux; Nanostructured materials; Nanotechnology; Nanostructures; Nanotechnology; Periodicals; Fulltext; Internet Resources; Periodicals; 620.115
• DOI: 10.1155/2014/381819
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1687-4110

Abstract

Abstract : Ultralong, highly branched Sn-doped zinc oxide (ZnO) nanostructures were fabricated using a simple substrate-free chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method. The nanostructures exhibited efficient photocatalytic activities in degradation of methylene blue (MB) under natural sunlight. 100% of MB with the concentration of 10 mg/L could be completely removed within 36 minutes. Possible reasons for the enhanced photocatalytic effect were analyzed.