Influence of Heat Treatment on Photocatalytic Activity of Ag-ZnO Heterostructure

doi:10.11901/1005.3093.2020.132

Chinese Journal of Materials Research

2020, Vol. 34

Issue (10): 770-776 DOI: 10.11901/1005.3093.2020.132

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Influence of Heat Treatment on Photocatalytic Activity of Ag-ZnO Heterostructure

ZHU Xiaodong¹, WANG Juan¹, MA Yang¹, LUO Jianjun², YU Lin², FENG Wei¹(

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1. School of Mechanical Engineering, Chengdu University, Chengdu 610106, China
2. Sichuan Yiran New Material Technology Co. Ltd. , Chengdu 610105, China

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ZHU Xiaodong, WANG Juan, MA Yang, LUO Jianjun, YU Lin, FENG Wei. Influence of Heat Treatment on Photocatalytic Activity of Ag-ZnO Heterostructure. Chinese Journal of Materials Research, 2020, 34(10): 770-776.

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The pure ZnO and Ag-modified ZnO composite photocatalysts were prepared by sol-gel method and subsequently heat treated at 400℃, 450℃ and 500℃ respectively for 2 h. The samples were characterized by XRD, SEM, TEM, XPS, PL and BET, respectively. The results show that both pure ZnO and Ag-ZnO are hexagonal wurtzite crystal structures. Ag particles deposit on the surface of ZnO, forming Ag-ZnO heterostructure. The photocatalytic activity of samples was assessed through the degradation of Rhodamine B. The results show that the heat treatment temperature has a great influence on the photocatalytic performance of pure ZnO, while the pure ZnO annealed at 450℃ exhibits the best photocatalytic activity. However, the annealing temperature has negligible impact on the photocatalytic activity of Ag-ZnO and all of the Ag-ZnO samples show better photocatalytic activity than that of the pure ZnO. The enhancement in photocatalytic activity of Ag-ZnO can be attributed to the effect of suppressing the recombination of photogenerated pairs and the increase of surface hydroxyl content. The degradation rate of RhB for the Ag-ZnO annealed at 500℃ is 98% after 60 min and the reaction rate constant is 0.063 min^-1.

Key words: composite ZnO Ag modification photocatalytic activity sol-gel method

Received: 20 April 2020

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Fund: Applied Basic Research Programs of Sichuan Province(19YJ0664);Applied Basic Research Programs of Sichuan Province(2018JY0062);Training Program for Innovation of Chengdu University(CDU-CX-2020028);Training Program for Innovation of Chengdu University(CDU-CX-2020034)

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Fig.1 XRD patterns of pure ZnO and Ag-ZnO

Fig.2 SEM images of pure ZnO (a, b) and Ag-ZnO (c, d) annealed at 500℃

Fig.3 TEM (a) and HRTEM (b) images of Ag-ZnO annealed at 500℃

Fig.4 XPS spectra of pure ZnO and Ag-ZnO annealed at 500℃

Fig.5 Degradation rate curves of RhB for pure ZnO and Ag-ZnO

Fig.6 Photodegradation kinetics curves of pure ZnO and Ag-ZnO on RhB

Fig.7 PL spectra of pure ZnO and Ag-ZnO

Fig.8 Schematic diagram of photocatalytic degradation of RhB by Ag-ZnO

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