Zhenfeng Zhu Author
Subjects of specialization
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Nanomaterials ,Nanotechnology ,Molecular Nanotechnology
Department of Chemistry and Laboratory for Emerging Materials and Technology, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, USA
Zhenfeng Zhu has completed Ph.D. and Zhenfeng Zhu is from the School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Shaanxi, China.
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Author(s): Zhenfeng Zhu, Jiaqi Zhou, Hui Liu, Zuoli He and Xiaofeng Wang
Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of Polyvinylpyrrolidone Assisted Microwave Hydrothermal Grown Tin Oxide Photocatalysts
Pure and well mono-dispersed SnO2 nanoparticles were synthesized by a microwave assisted hydrothermal method, where polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) was used as a surfactant and SnCl2.2H2O, as tin source. The structure and surface morphology of as-obtained products were well characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The results show that the particle size of SnO2 nanoparticles is about 200-300 nm and there are many small prisms grown on SnO2view moreĀ»