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One‐step synthesis of novel flower‐like Sn‐doped ZnO architectures with enhanced photocatalytic activity
Author(s) -
Zhang Ning,
Chu Deqing,
Wang Limin
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
surface and interface analysis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.52
H-Index - 90
eISSN - 1096-9918
pISSN - 0142-2421
DOI - 10.1002/sia.6724
Subject(s) - photocatalysis , photoluminescence , materials science , rhodamine b , photocurrent , hydrothermal circulation , doping , aqueous solution , chemical engineering , nanostructure , nanotechnology , hydrothermal synthesis , zinc , optoelectronics , chemistry , catalysis , organic chemistry , engineering , metallurgy
A facile hydrothermal method to synthesize flower‐like Sn‐doped ZnO (FLSn‐ZnO) nanostructures is described. The obtained hierarchical architectures of FLSn‐ZnO are found to be assembled with abundant regular‐shaped nanosheets and nanoparticles. A possible formation mechanism is proposed on the base of a series of control experiments. The tests show that FLSn‐ZnO architectures exhibit higher photocatalytic activity in the degrading Rhodamine B and tetracycline aqueous solution than pure ZnO under UV‐light irradiation. And photocurrent response and photoluminescence of ZnO and FLSn‐ZnO demonstrates that in photocatalytic performance, the latter is higher.