PMID- 30913848 OWN - NLM STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE DCOM- 20210607 LR - 20210607 IS - 1533-4880 (Print) IS - 1533-4880 (Linking) VI - 19 IP - 8 DP - 2019 Aug 1 TI - Influence of the Positioning of the Incorporated Carbon Nanostructures on the Morphology and Photocatalytic Activity of Microwave Synthesized ZnO Nanorods. PG - 5303-5309 LID - 10.1166/jnn.2019.16836 [doi] AB - In the present work, ZnO nanorods and ZnO/GO/CNT nanocomposite have been prepared by microwave assisted method using various time of incorporation of GO/CNT. The structural and optical characterizations were performed by X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscope (SEM), UV-Visible spectrometer (UV-Vis) and Photoluminescence (PL). The XRD data showed that the most intense peak at 36 degrees belong to (101) plane of ZnO nanorods. SEM results showed the formation of nano rods assembled in flower like structure. UV spectra shows that the samples absorb ultraviolet light and had a band gap value of 3.1-3.2 eV. The PL spectra showed the lowest PL intensity band for ZnO/GO/CNT-A. Higher photocatalytic degradation of 91% was determined in ZnO/GO/CNT composite when GO/CNT was added at the end of the procedure. FAU - Rajaitha, P Mary AU - Rajaitha PM AD - Department of Nanosciences, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore 641114, India. FAU - Shamsa, K AU - Shamsa K AD - Department of Nanosciences, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore 641114, India. FAU - Sheebha, I AU - Sheebha I AD - Department of Physics, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore 641114, India. FAU - Vidhya, B AU - Vidhya B AD - Department of Nanosciences, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore 641114, India. FAU - Maheskumar, V AU - Maheskumar V AD - Department of Physics, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore 641114, India. FAU - Rajesh, S AU - Rajesh S AD - Department of Nanosciences, Karunya Institute of Technology and Sciences, Coimbatore 641114, India. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PL - United States TA - J Nanosci Nanotechnol JT - Journal of nanoscience and nanotechnology JID - 101088195 SB - IM EDAT- 2019/03/28 06:00 MHDA- 2019/03/28 06:01 CRDT- 2019/03/28 06:00 PHST- 2019/03/28 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2019/03/28 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/03/28 06:01 [medline] AID - 10.1166/jnn.2019.16836 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - J Nanosci Nanotechnol. 2019 Aug 1;19(8):5303-5309. doi: 10.1166/jnn.2019.16836.