简介:AsimpleapproachtosynthesizeZnOmicrostructureswasreportedusingdodecylamine,hexadecylamineandoleylamineastemplateagents.ThesynthesizedZnOwascharacterizedbyXRD,FESEM,TEM,EDSmapping,FTIR,UV-visDRS,RamanspectroscopyandBETanalysis.HierarchicalorientedZnOmicrostructureswereobtained.ThephotocatalyticperformanceofZnOpreparedwithdifferenttypesofalkylamineswasevaluatedbythedegradationofmethyleneblue(MB)andmethylorange(MO).Theresultssuggestedthatalkylaminecontrolthenucleation,growthandmorphologyofZnO.ThephotocatalyticpropertiesofZnOonthedegradationofMBandMOdecreasedwithincreasingthealkylchainlengthinalkylamine.
简介:Todealwiththeincreasinglydeterioratingenvironmentproblems,moreandmoreharshrequirementsareputforwardforphotocatalysisapplication.Buildingsemiconductorheterostructureshasbeenproventobeanefficientwaytoenhancephotocatalyticperformance.AkindofCdTe/ZnOheterostructuresweresynthesizedbyahydrothermalandsuccessiveioniclayerabsorptionandreaction(SILAR)methodandachievedobviouslyefficientphotocatalyticperformance.Moreover,aftertheNionirradiationtreatment,thephotocatalyticactivitywasfurtherenhanced,whichcanbeascribedtotheintroductionofoxygenvacancydefects.ThephotocatalyticperformanceenhancementmechanismbycouplingconstructingheterostructuresandIonirradiationarefurtherstudiedtogiveusanoverallunderstandingonZnOnanowires.
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简介:Aone-pot,solvent-thermalprocesswasusedtocreatetheultrafineZnFe2O4nanoparticlesphotocatalyst.Duringthesolvent-thermalprocess,theinsituself-formingNaClnotonlyservedasa"cage"toconfinetheiondiffusion,butalsoactedasamicroreactorfornanocrystallitegrowth.Anaverageparticlesizeof~10nmandahigh-specificsurfaceareaof~112.9m2/gwereobservedfortheultrafineZnFe2O4nanoparticlesOwingtothesynergisticeffectofultrafineparticlesize,thefullutilizationofthevisiblelightregionandhighconductionband(CB)position,ultrafineZnFe2O4photocatalystdisplayedanefficientphotocatalyticCO2reductionundervisiblelightillumination.Besides,theultrafineZnFe2O4photocatalystshowedhighproductionselectivityforCH3CHOandC2H5OHgenerationinaqueousCO2/NaHCO3solution.Thisworkmayprovideanewideaforthesynthesisofnewhigh-efficiencyphotocatalysts.
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简介:WithFe(NO3)39H2OandBi(NO3)35H2Oasrawmaterials,differentsillenite-typecompoundsandelementalbismuthwerepreparedbyafacileone-potsolvothermalmethodusingH2O,C2H5OH,(CH2OH)2andC3H8O3assolvents,respec-tively.Thestructure,morphology,elementalcompositionsandpropertiesofsampleswereexaminedbyXRD,SEM,TEM,ICP,XPS,N2adsorptionanddesorption,UV-visDRSandPL.ThephotocatalyticactivitiesofdifferentsampleswereevaluatedbythephotodegradationofRhBundervisible-lightirradiation(λ>400nm),andresultsshowthatBi36Fe2O57preparedusingC2H5OHasthesolventownstheoptimumperformance.Inordertoexplorethereactionmechanism,anadditionalexperimentwasdesignedtoinvestigatethemainactivespeciesduringthephotodegradationprocessviadissolvingdifferenttrappingagentsinthereactionsolutionbeforelightirradiation.TheresultsshowthatsuperoxideradicalanionsplayamajorroleinthissystemsincetheRhBdegradationwassignificantlysuppressedaftertheadditionofbenzoquinone.