Importance of Clean Surfaces on the Catalyst: SnS2 Nanorings for Environmental Remediation.

ABSTRACT: The focus of the work is the synthesis of SnS2 nanomaterials with (peg-SnS2NF) and without (sf-SnS2NR) the involvement of the organic template and the comparative study of their catalytic activities. The synthesis of these materials was achieved in a single-step procedure aided by hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS). These nanoparticles were subjected to X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and UV-vis spectroscopy analyses to investigate their structural, topographical, surface, and optical properties. The present work suggests that the surfactant-free SnS2 nanoring (sf-SnS2NR) catalyst has lower surface area compared to the poly(ethylene glycol)-stabilized SnS2 nanoflower (peg-SnS2NF) catalyst but shows high activity under visible

SUBMITTER: Srinivas B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6751699 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature