Review on the improvement of the photocatalytic and antibacterial activities of ZnO

Journal of Alloys and Compounds - Tập 727 - Trang 792-820 - 2017
Kezhen Qi1,2, Bei Cheng2, Jiaguo Yu3,2, Wingkei Ho4
1Institute of Catalysis for Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shenyang Normal University, Shenyang 110034, PR China
2State Key Laboratory of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Luoshi Road 122, Wuhan 430070, PR China
3Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia
4Department of Science and Environmental Studies, The Hong Kong Education University of Hong Kong, Tai Po, N. T. Hong Kong, PR China

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