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Facile preparation and characterization of a novel visible-light-responsive Rb(2)HgI(4) nanostructure photocatalyst

Visible photocatalytic procedures exhibit encouraging potential in water purification by increasing the photocatalytic performance. Therefore, the improvement of low-cost and efficient photocatalysts for environmental remediation is an increasing demand, and photocatalysts based on semiconductors ha...

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Autores principales: Abkar, Elham, Ghanbari, Mojgan, Amiri, Omid, Salavati-Niasari, Masoud
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society of Chemistry 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9041529/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35498939
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/d1ra03152j
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Sumario:Visible photocatalytic procedures exhibit encouraging potential in water purification by increasing the photocatalytic performance. Therefore, the improvement of low-cost and efficient photocatalysts for environmental remediation is an increasing demand, and photocatalysts based on semiconductors have gained considerable attention due to their superior stability and activity. In the current study, novel Rb(2)HgI(4) nanostructures were prepared via a simple, low-cost, and low-temperature solid-state method. The effects of different parameters such as type of surfactants, reaction temperature, and reaction time were studied on the structure, crystallinity, particle size, and shape of nanostructures. This new compound has a suitable band gap (2.6 eV) in the visible region. The photocatalytic performance of Rb(2)HgI(4) was examined for the removal of coloring agents under visible light irradiation and it was found that this compound could degrade and eliminate acid black 1 by about 72.1%.