Title :
Facile synthesis and photocatalytic activity of aluminium-doped zinc oxide materials with different shapes
Author :
Shi-Hui Wang ; Hong-Zhen Xie ; Zhang Qi ; Zhang Min ; Zhi-Feng Jin ; Jin-Ku Liu ; Xiao-Hong Yang
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Chem., East China Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Shanghai, China
fDate :
11/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
Aluminium-doped zinc oxide (ZAO) with various shapes such as rod, particle and flake was prepared by the facile hydrothermal-template method. The morphologies and structures of the ZAO products were analysed by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and UV-vis spectroscopy and so on. The investigation of photocatalytic properties of ZAO products showed that ZAO products with large surface area and good crystallinity own better photocatalytic activity.
Keywords :
Fourier transform spectra; II-VI semiconductors; X-ray diffraction; aluminium; catalysis; crystal growth from solution; infrared spectra; photochemistry; transmission electron microscopy; ultraviolet spectra; visible spectra; wide band gap semiconductors; zinc compounds; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; UV-vis spectroscopy; X-ray diffraction; ZnO:Al; aluminium-doped zinc oxide materials; hydrothermal-template method; morphological property; photocatalytic activity; photocatalytic properties; structural property; transmission electron microscopy;
Journal_Title :
Micro & Nano Letters, IET
DOI :
10.1049/mnl.2012.0769
