Abstract
In this work, a novel hierarchical porous ZnO is successfully synthesized through a sol–gel method, in which a kind of biological material is used as hard template, block copolymer Pluronic F127 as soft template. The phase and morphology of the products are characterized by X-ray diffraction analysis (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and transmission electron microscope (TEM). The results show that the as-prepared ZnO with a hierarchical porous architecture is assembled by multiple-layered porous nanosheets, of which the pore structure is highly ordered. The photocatalytic activity of the as-prepared ZnO is evaluated by photodegradation reaction of methylene blue. The photoelectrochemical (PEC) property of the hierarchical porous ZnO film is also investigated in this work.
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