Micro-emulsion-assisted synthesis of ZnS nanospheres and their photocatalytic activity

Yao Li; Xiaoyan He; Minhua Cao

doi:10.1016/j.materresbull.2007.11.016

Micro-emulsion-assisted synthesis of ZnS nanospheres and their photocatalytic activity

Yao Li, Xiaoyan He, Minhua Cao^*

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Northeast Normal University

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Abstract

ZnS nanospheres with rough surface were synthesized by using a micro-emulsion-assisted solvothemal process. The molar ratio of [water]/[surfactant] played an important role in controlling the size of the ZnS nanospheres. X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), field emission-scanning electron microscope (FE-SEM), and selected area electron diffraction (SAED) were used for the characterization of the resulting ZnS nanospheres. A possible formation mechanism was proposed. These ZnS nanospheres exhibited a good photocatalytic activity for degradation of an aqueous p-nitrophenol solution and the total organic carbon (TOC) of the degradation product has also been investigated.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	3100-3110
Number of pages	11
Journal	Materials Research Bulletin
Volume	43
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.materresbull.2007.11.016
Publication status	Published - 3 Nov 2008
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

A. Chalcogénides
A. Nanostructures
A. Semiconductors
D. Catalytic properties

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