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Natural biological template for ZnO nanoparticle growth and photocatalytic dye degradation under visible light

Mengxiao Sun,†ab   Tianhang Li,†c   Zhaoyuan Zhang,†d   Nana Wang,a   Aming Xie,*a   Xuliang Lv,*b   Yuan Wang,a   Fan Wu*a  and  Mingyang Wanga  

* Corresponding authors

a State Key Laboratory for Disaster Prevention & Mitigation of Explosion & Impact, PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210007, P. R. China
E-mail: wufanjlg@163.com, aminghugang@126.com

b Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Electromagnetic Environmental Effects and Electro-optical Engineering, PLA University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210007, P. R. China
E-mail: xllu1957@126.com

c Anqing No. 2 Middle School, Anqing 246003, P. R. China

d Nanjing Foreign Language School, Nanjing 210018, P. R. China

Abstract

Luffa sponge was used as a biotemplate for the growth of ZnO nanoparticles. This new structure of ZnO displayed a unique photocatalytic performance for dye degradation under visible light.

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C5RA16389G
Article type
Communication
Submitted
14 Aug 2015
Accepted
26 Sep 2015
First published
29 Sep 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 84406-84409

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Natural biological template for ZnO nanoparticle growth and photocatalytic dye degradation under visible light

M. Sun, T. Li, Z. Zhang, N. Wang, A. Xie, X. Lv, Y. Wang, F. Wu and M. Wang, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 84406 DOI: 10.1039/C5RA16389G

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