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The effect of synthesis temperature on the morphology of fine zinc oxide powders prepared by microwave-assisted hydrothermal processing of Zn(OH)2 suspensions has been studied using x-ray diffraction and low-temperature nitrogen BET measurements. The photocatalytic activity of the powders for Methyl Orange photodegradation has been assessed as a function of synthesis temperature. The results indicate that the specific surface of ZnO powders plays a key role in determining their photocatalytic activity.
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Original Russian Text © A.S. Shaporev, V.K. Ivanov, A.E. Baranchikov, Yu.D. Tret’yakov, 2007, published in Neorganicheskie Materialy, 2007, Vol. 43, No. 1, pp. 38–43.
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Shaporev, A.S., Ivanov, V.K., Baranchikov, A.E. et al. Microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis and photocatalytic activity of ZnO. Inorg Mater 43, 35–39 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0020168507010098
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