Highly Efficient SnIn4S8@ZnO Z-Scheme Heterojunction Photocatalyst for Methylene Blue Photodegradation

Building heterojunctions is a promising strategy for the achievement of highly efficient photocatalysis. Herein, a novel SnIn4S8@ZnO Z-scheme heterostructure with a tight contact interface was successfully constructed using a convenient two-step hydrothermal approach. The phase composition, morpholo...

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Published in:Materials 2023-09, Vol.16 (19), p.6380
Main Authors: Luo, Qiang, Sun, Changlin, Zhao, Juan, Cai, Qizhou, Yao, Shanshan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aqueous solutions
Catalytic activity
Contaminants
Current carriers
Efficiency
Heterojunctions
Heterostructures
Methylene blue
Phase composition
Photocatalysis
Photodegradation
Wastewater
Zinc oxide
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Summary:Building heterojunctions is a promising strategy for the achievement of highly efficient photocatalysis. Herein, a novel SnIn4S8@ZnO Z-scheme heterostructure with a tight contact interface was successfully constructed using a convenient two-step hydrothermal approach. The phase composition, morphology, specific surface area, as well as photophysical characteristics of SnIn4S8@ZnO were investigated through a series of characterization methods, respectively. Methylene blue (MB) was chosen as the target contaminant for photocatalytic degradation. In addition, the degradation process was fitted with pseudo-first-order kinetics. The as-prepared SnIn4S8@ZnO heterojunctions displayed excellent photocatalytic activities toward MB degradation. The optimized sample (ZS800), in which the molar ratio of ZnO to SnIn4S8 was 800, displayed the highest photodegradation efficiency toward MB (91%) after 20 min. Furthermore, the apparent rate constant of MB photodegradation using ZS800 (0.121 min−1) was 2.2 times that using ZnO (0.054 min−1). The improvement in photocatalytic activity could be ascribed to the efficient spatial separation of photoinduced charge carriers through a Z-scheme heterojunction with an intimate contact interface. The results in this paper bring a novel insight into constructing excellent ZnO-based photocatalytic systems for wastewater purification.
ISSN:1996-1944
1996-1944
DOI:10.3390/ma16196380