Zinc oxide (ZnO) is one of the most widely used benchmark standard photocatalysts in the field of en- vironmental applications [1-3]. As a wide band-gap semiconductor oxide (Eg=3.37 eV) with large excitation bindi...Zinc oxide (ZnO) is one of the most widely used benchmark standard photocatalysts in the field of en- vironmental applications [1-3]. As a wide band-gap semiconductor oxide (Eg=3.37 eV) with large excitation binding energy (60 meV), zinc oxide becomes one of the most important functional materials with unique prop- erties of optical transparency, electric conductivity and piezo electricity [4-10]. However, the large band gap and the massive recombination of photogenerated charge carriers, especially in its nanosize.展开更多
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文摘Zinc oxide (ZnO) is one of the most widely used benchmark standard photocatalysts in the field of en- vironmental applications [1-3]. As a wide band-gap semiconductor oxide (Eg=3.37 eV) with large excitation binding energy (60 meV), zinc oxide becomes one of the most important functional materials with unique prop- erties of optical transparency, electric conductivity and piezo electricity [4-10]. However, the large band gap and the massive recombination of photogenerated charge carriers, especially in its nanosize.