Facile one-pot synthesis of heterostructure SnO₂/ZnO photocatalyst for enhanced photocatalytic degradation of organic dye.

ABSTRACT: In this work, heterostructure SnO₂/ZnO nanocomposite photocatalyst was prepared by a straightforward one step polyol method. The resulting photocatalysts were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), nitrogen adsorption-desorption analyses, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-vis DRS). The results showed that the synthesized SnO₂/ZnO nanocomposites possessed mesoporous wurtzite ZnO and cassiterite SnO₂ nanocrystallites. The photocatalytic activity of the prepared SnO₂/ZnO photocatalyst was investigated by the degradation of methylene blue dye under UV light irradiation. The heterostructure SnO₂/ZnO photocatalyst showed much higher photocatalytic

SUBMITTER: Uddin MT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9054812 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature