TY - JOUR
T1 - Structural characterization of ZnO nano-chains studied by electron microscopy
AU - Yubuta, K.
AU - Sato, T.
AU - Nomura, A.
AU - Haga, K.
AU - Shishido, T.
N1 - Funding Information:
The authors would like to express their sincere thanks to Emeritus Professor Kenji Hiraga for valuable discussion and reading this manuscript. This study was partly supported by NEDO and also by a Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research from the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology of Japan.
PY - 2007/6/14
Y1 - 2007/6/14
N2 - We have examined the morphology of zinc oxide (ZnO) fibers exhibiting high-performance of photocatalyst in visible-light region, by means of scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The ZnO fibers consist of ZnO micro-rods, and each of the micro-rods further is constructed from ZnO nano-crystals, which have high crystallinity, clean surfaces and diameters of a few tens of nanometers. From nano-beam diffraction, the ZnO nano-crystals are connected without definite orientation relations. The microstructure of surfaces is suspected to be strongly related to the visible-light photocatalytic ability of this fiber.
AB - We have examined the morphology of zinc oxide (ZnO) fibers exhibiting high-performance of photocatalyst in visible-light region, by means of scanning and transmission electron microscopy. The ZnO fibers consist of ZnO micro-rods, and each of the micro-rods further is constructed from ZnO nano-crystals, which have high crystallinity, clean surfaces and diameters of a few tens of nanometers. From nano-beam diffraction, the ZnO nano-crystals are connected without definite orientation relations. The microstructure of surfaces is suspected to be strongly related to the visible-light photocatalytic ability of this fiber.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.jallcom.2006.08.373
DO - 10.1016/j.jallcom.2006.08.373
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34047248929
SN - 0925-8388
VL - 436
SP - 396
EP - 399
JO - Journal of Alloys and Compounds
JF - Journal of Alloys and Compounds
IS - 1-2
ER -