Preparation and Photocatalytic Properties of Direct Z-Scheme Hexagonal/Cubic ZnIn2S4 Composite Catalysts

doi:10.11901/1005.3093.2018.387

Chinese Journal of Materials Research

2019, Vol. 33

Issue (2): 145-154 DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2018.387

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Preparation and Photocatalytic Properties of Direct Z-Scheme Hexagonal/Cubic ZnIn₂S₄ Composite Catalysts

Shunsheng CHEN^1,²,Shaozhen LI¹,Xiaojing LUO³,Guohong WANG⁴(

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1. School of Mathematics and Physics, Hubei Polytechnic University, Huangshi 435003, China
2. Hubei Key Laboratory of Ferro & Piezoelectric Materials and Devices, Faculty of Physics & Electronic Science, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062, China
3. College of Mathematics and Physics, Shanghai University of Electric Power, Shanghai 201300, China
4. Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Rare Metal Chemistry, Hubei Normal University, Huangshi 435002, China

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Shunsheng CHEN,Shaozhen LI,Xiaojing LUO,Guohong WANG. Preparation and Photocatalytic Properties of Direct Z-Scheme Hexagonal/Cubic ZnIn₂S₄ Composite Catalysts. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2019, 33(2): 145-154.

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Photocatalysts of cubic ZnIn₂S₄ and hexagonal ZnIn₂S₄ as well as a series of Cubic ZnIn₂S₄/hexagonal ZnIn₂S₄ composite with different molar ratios were synthesized via hydrothermal method. The crystal structure, microstructure and optical absorption property of the as-synthesized photocatalysts were characterized by means of X-ray diffractometer, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, photoluminescence spectrometer, Brunauer-Emmett-TeIler analysis and UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The photocatalytic activities of the prepared photocatalysts were evaluated through photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange under visible-light irradiation. Results show that all the composite photocatalysts have much better photocatalytic activity than that of the catalysts of cubic ZnIn₂S₄ and hexagonal ZnIn₂S₄ as well as the mechanically mixed ZnIn₂S₄ of the above two pure catalysts; Among others, the composite with more ratio 3:7 for cubic ZnIn₂S₄ to hexagonal ZnIn₂S₄ presents the highest photocatalytic activity with degradation efficiency for methyl orange up to 95.2% under visible-light irradiation for 30 minutes. This property can be attributed to the much larger specific surface areas and a direct Z-scheme photocatalytic process due to the close contact of cubic ZnIn₂S₄ and hexagonal ZnIn₂S₄ produced by the hydrothermal synthesis process.

Key words: inorganic non-metallic materials visible-light photocatalytic degradation hydrothermal method direct Z-scheme composite photocatalyst ZnIn₂S₄ composite catalysts

Received: 12 June 2018

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Fund: National Natural Science Foundation of China(11504227);National Natural Science Foundation of China(51302074);National Natural Science Foundation of China(11374147)

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Table 1 Mass of raw materials for samples les C, 7C-3H, 5C-5H, 3C-7H and H

Fig.1 XRD patterns of as-synthesized samples

Fig.2 EDS spectrums of samples hexagonal ZnIn₂S₄ (a) and cubic ZnIn₂S₄ (b)

Fig.3 UV-visible diffuse re?ectance spectra (a) and the band fitting curves according to the relationship of αhυ-hυ (b) of as-synthesized samples

Fig.4 UV-visible absorption spectrum changes of the MO degradation over samples C, 7C-3H, 5C-5H, 3C-7H, H and 3C-7H-H

Fig.5 Photocatalytic activity curves of as- synthesized samples under visible-light irradiation

Fig.6 SEM images of chosen samples C (a), H (b) and 3C-7H (c)

Fig.7 TEM images (a, b) and HRTEM images (c) of sample 3C-7H

Fig.8 N₂ adsorption-desorption isotherms and the pore size distribution curves (inset) of samples C, 5C-5H, 3C-7H

Table 2 Data of BET for samples C, 5C-5H and 3C-7H.

Fig.9 PL spectra of samples C (a)，H (b) and 3C-7H (c) with excitation wavelength of 400 nm

Fig.10 Cyclic measuring curves of samples 3C-7H

Fig.11 Active species trapping experiments of sample 3C-7H under visible-light irradiation

Fig.12 Schematic diagram of mechanism of photocatalytic degradation MO for sample 3C-7H

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