ZnO Nanowire Photocatalysis Data with Photodegradation and TEM/SEM Images

Oxygen plasma post-treatment enhanced the photo-corrosion resistance of ZnO nanowire films and led to a 46% higher degradation of phenol compared to as-produced films. This dataset contains photodegradation, phenol calibration, Zn concentration, X-ray diffraction, hydrodynamics calculations, and TEM/SEM images supporting the results. The data was produced by Caitlin A. Taylor at the University of Bath.

Use Cases

• Modeling phenol degradation kinetics based on photodegradation data
• Analyzing material stability based on Zn concentration measurements after photocatalysis
• Correlating structural properties with performance using X-ray diffraction data
• Visualizing nanowire morphology using the provided TEM/SEM images

Strengths

• Includes a 46% performance improvement metric for a key photocatalytic reaction
• Contains multiple complementary data types: quantitative measurements and microscopy images
• Data is directly associated with a published scientific paper, providing context

Limitations

• Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified

Provenance

Source

University of Bath

Collection Method

Experimental measurements from laboratory research on ZnO nanowire films.