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RSC Advances

Controllably hierarchical growth of large-scale ZnO microrods

Qunwei Tang,a   Lin Lin,b   Zhengping Mao,c   Ziying Tanga  and  Jihuai Wu*a  

* Corresponding authors

a Institute of Materials Physical Chemistry, Huaqiao University, Quanzhou, P. R. China
E-mail: jhwu@hqu.edu.cn
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Tel: +86 595-22693899

b Department of Chemistry, Tongji University, Shanghai, China

c Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Columbia SC, U.S.A

Abstract

Hierarchical ZnO microrods were successfully grown on the upward surface of a Si substrate by a low-temperature hydrothermal method. The morphology and size can be easily controlled by adjusting reaction temperature and reactant concentration. The photocatalytic activities were evaluated by the degradation of Rhodamine B (RB) dye under UV and visible irradiation. The resultant hierarchical ZnO microrods show better photocatalytic activities for the photodegradation of RB than traditional nanoparticles and aligned nanorods.

Graphical abstract: Controllably hierarchical growth of large-scale ZnO microrods

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2RA00889K
Article type
Communication
Submitted
13 Oct 2011
Accepted
22 Dec 2011
First published
01 Feb 2012

RSC Adv., 2012,2, 2211-2216

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Controllably hierarchical growth of large-scale ZnO microrods

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