Hollow Zn(x)Cd(1−x)S nanospheres with enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light

Formation of solid solutions is a good strategy to acquire materials with special properties and bring forth new type of applications or enhance the performance of currently existing devices. In this study, hollow Zn(x)Cd(1−x)S nanospheres with different molar ratios were synthesized via a facile hy...

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Autores principales: Jin, Ying, Zhang, Haoyun, Song, Chuang, Wang, Lanfang, Lu, Qingyi, Gao, Feng
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4957231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27444737
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep29997
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author Jin, Ying
Zhang, Haoyun
Song, Chuang
Wang, Lanfang
Lu, Qingyi
Gao, Feng
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description Formation of solid solutions is a good strategy to acquire materials with special properties and bring forth new type of applications or enhance the performance of currently existing devices. In this study, hollow Zn(x)Cd(1−x)S nanospheres with different molar ratios were synthesized via a facile hydrothermal process. The products were fully characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and UV-vis absorption spectroscopy. It was found that the photocatalysis performance of the as-prepared samples could be enhanced by formation of Zn(x)Cd(1−x)S solid solutions. In addition, their photocatalytic activities are dependent on the Zn/Cd molar ratios and nanostructures of Zn(x)Cd(1−x)S solid solutions. Hollow Zn(0.2)Cd(0.8)S spheres exhibit extremely high photocatalytic activity and good re-usability, and the photocatalytic conversion of RhB reaches as high as 96% after 50 min of irradiation.
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spelling pubmed-49572312016-07-26 Hollow Zn(x)Cd(1−x)S nanospheres with enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light Jin, Ying Zhang, Haoyun Song, Chuang Wang, Lanfang Lu, Qingyi Gao, Feng Sci Rep Article Formation of solid solutions is a good strategy to acquire materials with special properties and bring forth new type of applications or enhance the performance of currently existing devices. In this study, hollow Zn(x)Cd(1−x)S nanospheres with different molar ratios were synthesized via a facile hydrothermal process. The products were fully characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and UV-vis absorption spectroscopy. It was found that the photocatalysis performance of the as-prepared samples could be enhanced by formation of Zn(x)Cd(1−x)S solid solutions. In addition, their photocatalytic activities are dependent on the Zn/Cd molar ratios and nanostructures of Zn(x)Cd(1−x)S solid solutions. Hollow Zn(0.2)Cd(0.8)S spheres exhibit extremely high photocatalytic activity and good re-usability, and the photocatalytic conversion of RhB reaches as high as 96% after 50 min of irradiation. Nature Publishing Group 2016-07-22 /pmc/articles/PMC4957231/ /pubmed/27444737 http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep29997 Text en Copyright © 2016, Macmillan Publishers Limited http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons license, unless indicated otherwise in the credit line; if the material is not included under the Creative Commons license, users will need to obtain permission from the license holder to reproduce the material. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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title_sort hollow zn(x)cd(1−x)s nanospheres with enhanced photocatalytic activity under visible light
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4957231/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27444737
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/srep29997
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