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Synthesis and photocatalytic activity of porous polycrystalline NiO nanowires

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Porous polycrystalline NiO nanowires were prepared via thermal decomposition of the nickelous precursor synthesized via the hydrothermal reaction of nickel chloride with trisodium citrate dehydrate (C6H5Na3O7⋅2H2O) in ethanol–H2O binary solution. The porous polycrystalline nanowires with the diameters of 350 to 450 nm were constructed from NiO nanocrsystals with the cubic structure and the sizes of 8 to 12 nm. The photocatalytic activity of the as-prepared porous NiO nanowires for the degradation of acid scarlet dye was studied. It was found that their photocatalytic activity was stronger than that of NiO powders.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Macromolecular Science of Shaanxi Province, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, 710062, China

    Lihui Zhang, Lijuan An, Bin Liu & Heqing Yang

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Zhang, L., An, L., Liu, B. et al. Synthesis and photocatalytic activity of porous polycrystalline NiO nanowires. Appl. Phys. A 104, 69–75 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-011-6403-3

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