ZnO electrodeposition onto gold from recordable compact discs and its use as photocatalyst under solar irradiation

A ZnO film was electrodeposited onto a gold substrate obtained from a recordable compact disc and tested as photocatalyst in degradation of dye in aqueous solution. X-ray diffractometry and atomic force microscopic analysis showed a pure ZnO phase with particle sizes in the nanometric scale. The res...

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Main Authors: L. J. Venturini da Silva, E. L. Foletto, L. S. Dorneles, D. S. Paz, T. S. Frantz, A. Gündel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Brazilian Society of Chemical Engineering 2013-03-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Chemical Engineering
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-66322013000100017