ZnO is cheap, non-toxic, and easy to make nanoparticles of. In the QD regime, reactivity increases significantly.
I would like to present an investigation into ZnO QD suspensions as an efficient and environmentally-neutral photocatalyst of distributed pollutants.
Precursor solutions in EtOH:
M/g mol-1 | n/mmol | V/mL | m/g | C/mol L-1 | |
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Zn(Ac)2·2H2O | 219.50 | 5.0 | 50 | 1.0975 | 0.10 |
LiOH·H2O | 41.96 | 7.0 | 50 | 0.2937 | 0.14 |
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