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Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity of SnO2-ZnO Quantum Dots Anchored on g-C3N4 Nanosheets for Photocatalytic Pollutant Degradation and H-2 Production

Author(s)
Vattikuti, S. V. PrabhakarReddy, Police Anil KumarShim, JaesoolByon, Chan
Issued Date
2018-07
DOI
10.1021/acsomega.8b00471
URI
https://scholarworks.unist.ac.kr/handle/201301/24723
Fulltext
https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acsomega.8b00471
Citation
ACS OMEGA, v.3, no.7, pp.7587 - 7602
Abstract
A zero-dimensional/two-dimensional heterostructure consists of binary SnO2-ZnO quantum dots (QDs) deposited on the surface of graphitic carbon nitride (g-C3N4) nanosheets. The so-called SnO2-ZnO QDs/g-C3N4 hybrid was successfully synthesized via an in situ co-pyrolysis approach to achieve efficient photoactivity for the degradation of pollutants and production of hydrogen (H-2) under visible-light irradiation. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy images show the close contacts between SnO2-ZnO QDs with the g-C3N4 in the ternary SnO2-ZnO QDs/g-C3N4 hybrid. The optimized hybrid shows excellent photocatalytic efficiency, achieving 99% rhodamine B dye degradation in 60 min under visible-light irradiation. The enriched charge-carrier separation and transportation in the SnO2-ZnO QDs/g-C3N4 hybrid was determined based on electrochemical impedance and photocurrent analyses. This remarkable photoactivity is ascribed to the "smart" heterostructure, which yields numerous benefits, such as visible-light-driven fast electron and hole transfer, due to the strong interaction between the SnO2-ZnO QDs with the g-C3N4 matrix. In addition, the SnO2-ZnO QDs/g-C3N4 hybrid demonstrated a high rate of hydrogen production (13 673.61 mu mol g(-1)), which is 1.06 and 2.27 times higher than that of the binary ZnO/g-C3N4 hybrid (12 785.54 mu mol g(-1)) and pristine g-C3N4 photocatalyst (6017.72 mu mol g(-1)). The synergistic effect of increased visible absorption and diminished recombination results in enhanced performance of the as-synthesized tin oxide-and zinc oxide-modified g-C3N4. We conclude that the present ternary SnO2-ZnO QDs/g-C3N4 hybrid is a promising electrode material for H-2 production and photoelectrochemical cells.
Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
ISSN
2470-1343
Keyword
GRAPHITIC CARBON NITRIDEHYDROGEN-PRODUCTIONNANOCOMPOSITESEVOLUTIONPERFORMANCECOMPOSITEPHOTODEGRADATIONNANOPARTICLESCONSTRUCTIONIRRADIATION

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