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PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY CHEMICAL PHYSICS
Volume 13, Issue 13, Pages 6205-6210Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/c0cp02546a
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- Prime Minister's Office of Singapore [P00579/1273]
- Singapore Environment & Water Industry (EWI) Development Council [MEWR 621/06/166]
- Public Utilities Board of Singapore
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A novel hierarchical ZnO/Cu corn-like material was successfully synthesized via facile low temperature hydrothermal and photo-deposition methods. This novel hierarchical material was well characterized by FESEM, XRD, EDS, UV-Vis. This novel material displayed high photodegradation and antibacterial capability under the irradiation of visible light. This is owing to its unique properties, including maximized light utilization rate via red-shifting the light absorption spectrum, enhanced specific surface area for mass transfer and reaction sites, and retarded recombination of photogenerated electrons and holes. Moreover, this novel hierarchical ZnO/Cu corn-like material demonstrated easy recovery from treated water for reuse. All these excellent properties indicate that this novel hierarchical ZnO/Cu corn-like material has a bright future in water purification applications.
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