Issue 38, 2015
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RSC Advances

Facile synthesis of meso-porous ZnO nano-triangular prisms with enhanced photocatalytic activity†

K. Vignesh,*a   Sora Kang,a   Byeong Sub Kwaka  and  Misook Kang*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Yeungnam University, Gyeongsan, Gyeongbuk 712-749, Republic of Korea
E-mail: mskang@ynu.ac.kr, vignesh134@gmail.com
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Abstract

We report a simple route for the synthesis of ZnO nano-triangular prisms (ZnO-nt) with excellent photocatalytic activity. The activity of ZnO-nt was superior for the degradation of rhodamine-B (Rh-B) dye, when compared to ZnO-nanorods (ZnO-nr) and ZnO nano-particles (ZnO-np). The enhancement in photocatalytic activity of ZnO-nt is attributed to its special morphology, good surface area, high number of oxygen vacancies and suppression of electron–hole recombination. The results testify that ZnO-nt could act as a promising photocatalyst for the remediation of dye contaminated water under solar light irradiation.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA02042E
Article type
Communication
Submitted
02 Feb 2015
Accepted
23 Mar 2015
First published
23 Mar 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 30120-30124

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Facile synthesis of meso-porous ZnO nano-triangular prisms with enhanced photocatalytic activity

K. Vignesh, S. Kang, B. S. Kwak and M. Kang, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 30120 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA02042E

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