Melamine-Assisted Thermal Activation Method for Vacancy-Rich ZnO: Calcination Effects on Microstructure and Photocatalytic Properties

• Published in: Molecules (Basel, Switzerland) Vol. 28; no. 14; p. 5329
• Main Authors: Wang, Weiwei, Lv, Lin, Wang, Changfeng, Li, Jiao
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland MDPI AG 01.07.2023; MDPI
• Subjects: Analysis; Lithium compounds; melamine assist; Methods; Morphology; oriented growth; oxygen vacancy; Photocatalysis; Spectrum analysis; Zinc oxide; Zinc oxides; China; melamine assist; oriented growth; photocatalysis; oxygen vacancy; zinc oxide

Defect engineering is considered an effective method to adjust the photocatalytic properties of materials. In this work, we synthesized the vacancy-rich ZnO rods with (100) planes via the melamine-assisted thermal activation method. A high concentration of oxygen vacancies was successfully introduce...