Enhanced visible light photocatalysis through fast crystallization of zinc oxide nanorods

• Sunandan Baruah,
• Mohammad Abbas Mahmood,
• Myo Tay Zar Myint,
• Tanujjal Bora and
• Joydeep Dutta

Beilstein J. Nanotechnol. 2010, 1, 14–20, doi:10.3762/bjnano.1.3

• creation in nanostructured photocatalysts could be an attractive solution for visible light photocatalysis. Keywords: defects; nanoparticle; nanorod; photocatalysis; pollutant; ZnO; Introduction Photocatalysis is a light induced catalytic process whereby photogenerated electron-hole pairs in a