Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
---|---|---|---|---|
1660588 | Surface and Coatings Technology | 2009 | 5 Pages |
Abstract
The present work is devoted to the investigation of photoinduced superhydrophilicity (PSH) and photocatalytic oxidation (PCO) activity of quasi-2D zinc oxide nanoplatelets obtained by Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD). In the case of PCO, the degradation of a fatty compound layer (methyl stearate) was chosen as a test reaction. The peculiar textural and morphological features of such systems resulted in a PSH behavior and in a PCO activity appreciably higher than those of a reference commercial Pilkington® ActivTM Glass. Relevant results are presented and discussed as a function of the structure and morphology of these systems, whose control enables a direct tailoring of the functional response.
Keywords
Related Topics
Physical Sciences and Engineering
Materials Science
Nanotechnology
Authors
Davide Barreca, Alberto Gasparotto, Chiara Maccato, Eugenio Tondello, Urška Lavrenčič Štangar, Suhas R. Patil,