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DESALINATION AND WATER TREATMENT
Volume 57, Issue 54, Pages 26267-26273Publisher
DESALINATION PUBL
DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2016.1163511
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Nanostructures; ZnO; Thermal evaporation; Photocatalytic
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Different zinc oxide (ZnO) morphologies were synthesized via a thermal evaporation-like technique without a catalyst introduction. The morphology of ZnO has been controlled by varying the evaporation pressure of ambient air. X-ray diffractometer and field emission scanning electron microscope were used for crystallinity and morphology investigation, respectively. The X-ray data confirmed the purity and crystallinity of the as-prepared ZnO structure. A variation of the pressure led to different morphologies of ZnO nanostructure such as nanocombs and nanorods. The influence of these different morphologies on the photocatalytic activity was performed on a water wasted methylene blue. The results showed the geometry of one-dimensional nanostructures deposited at different pressures strongly controls the photocatalytic activity of ZnO. The most suitable photocatalytic performance was recorded for ZnO deposited at 0.15Torr, which showed one-side nanocombs of long nails.
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