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Microwave-assisted hydrothermal synthesis and photocatalytic activity of ZnO

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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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  1. Kurnakov Institute of General and Inorganic Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Leninskii pr. 31, Moscow, 119991, Russia

    A. S. Shaporev, V. K. Ivanov & A. E. Baranchikov

  2. Moscow State University, Vorob’evy gory 1, Moscow, 119899, Russia

    Yu. D. Tret’yakov

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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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