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CdS sensitizes TiO2 nanotubes arrays for photocatalytic degradation of water pollution
Titanium dioxide nanotube arrays (TNAs) has shown great potential for applications in environmental pollution treatment and solar chemical energy conversion. Cadmium sulfide (CdS), also as a typical photocatal...
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Preparation of CuS flower-like microsphere and CuS/g-C3N4/GO ternary photocatalyst and their photocatalytic performance
The problem of environmental pollution is an important issue for mankind. Semiconductor photocatalytic degradation of organic pollutants has become one of the hot spots of scientific research because of its un...
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Low-temperature and short-time preparation of short rod-like Zn2GeO4:Mn2+ luminescent nanoparticles
Zinc germanate (Zn2GeO4) is a typical n-type semiconductor with numerous advantages that make it an excellent matrix for luminescent materials. The transition metal manganese (Mn) has multiple oxidation states, w...
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Synthesis of AgBr/TiO2/(I/S) composite and its enhanced photocatalytic performance to rhodamine B
Novel AgBr/TiO2/(I/S) composite was synthesized by deposition–precipitation method. The AgBr/TiO2/(I/S) composite was characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron micros...
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Electrodeposition of ZnO Nanorods with Synergistic Photocatalytic and Self-Cleaning Effects
The problem of water pollution has become an urgent global issue. As one approach for addressing this problem, in this work, rod-like ZnO nanostructures were synthesized by a simple electrodeposition method, w...
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Thermal Oxidation and SILAR Method to Prepare CuO/CdS Composite Nanostructure and Its Enhanced Photocatalytic Properties
In this study, a series of CuO/CdS composites were synthesized by thermal oxidation and successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR). The as-prepared CuO/CdS composites were investigated by x-ray dif...
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Anodic Oxidation of TC4 Substrate to Synthesize Ce-Doped TiO2 Nanotube Arrays with Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance
Starting from the urgent need for water pollution treatment, TiO2 nanotube arrays (TNAs) and Ce-doped TNAs have been prepared on TC4 titanium alloy substrate via anodic oxidation. Several properties of TNAs and C...
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Preparation of g-C3N4 with High Specific Surface Area and Photocatalytic Stability
g-C3N4 with porous structure has been synthesized by a thermal polymerization method and its specific surface area regulated by changing the calcination temperature. The as-prepared g-C3N4 was characterized by x-...
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Synthesis and photocatalytic mechanism of visible-light-driven AgBr/g-C3N4 composite
g-C3N4 is a well-known visible-light-active photocatalyst for the degradation of environmental pollutants. However, its photocatalytic activity is restricted by the small specific surface area and the e−/h+ recom...
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The Construction of a ZnO/CdS Heterostructure with Synergistic Enhanced Effect in Photocatalytic and Self-Cleaning Performance
In this work, we explore the synergy of the photocatalytic reaction endowed with improvement of self-cleaning performance. A ZnO/CdS heterostructure was successfully synthesized by hydrothermal-chemical bath d...
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Synthesis of CdS@ZnO nanocomposites with wide visible light absorption range
In this paper, urchin-like ZnO nanostructures were synthesized via a facile one-step hydrothermal method. CdS was deposited on the ZnO nanostructures by the deposition method. Field emission scanning electron ...
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Enhanced Photodegradation Activity of Organic Pollutants Contained in Sewage Through Construction of a CuO/Ag Composite Nanostructure
Noble metal deposition is one of the most effective optimization methods for improving the photochemical properties of metal semiconductor oxides. In this paper, vertically aligned CuO nanowires were synthesiz...
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Electrodeposition and Photocatalytic Performance of Self-Assembled Tulip Flower/Mulberry-Like CuO Nanostructures
Copper oxide as a p-type semiconductor has been widely used in the field of catalysis. Monoclinic CuO nanostructures with various shapes have been synthesized on indium tin oxide-coated glass substrates via elect...
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Synthesis and Influence Factors Study of 4A Molecular Sieve via Halloysite
A 4A Zeolite molecular sieve was successfully synthesized with a facile hydrothermal method. We used Yunnan soft kaolin as raw material, purified Halloysite and synthesized a 4A Zeolite molecular sieve directl...
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C@ZnO Self-assembly Composite Nanostructure with a Strong Absorption Capacity in UV–Visible Light and Its Optical Properties
C@ZnO nanostructure was fabricated on ITO by an electrochemical deposition method using the three-electrode configuration at a constant potential and the mixture of zinc sulfate heptahydrate, potassium chlorid...
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Construction of CuO/CdS composite nanostructure for photodegradation of pollutants in sewage
The composite of semiconductor photocatalytic materials can effectively improve the solar energy utilization efficiency and quantum efficiency. Therefore, composite semiconductor materials have gradually becom...
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Tunable superamphiphobic surfaces: a platform for naked-eye ATP detection
A superamphiphobic surface composed of two different size ranges of TiO2 nanoparticles was simply fabricated through spraying the perfluorosilane coated TiO2 nanoparticles suspension dispersing in ethanol. The su...
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Photocatalytic Performance of Cubic and Hexagonal Phase CdS Synthesized via Different Cd Sources
CdS has been widely used in photocatalysis, by virtue of its sensitivity to visible-light irradiation. But CdS has two crystalline phases, which are not equally well understood. Hence, we synthesized cubic pha...
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Controllable Synthesis of MoS2@TiO2 Composite Nanostructure by Anodic Oxidation-Hydrothermal Technique
MoS2@TiO2 composite nanostructure arrays consisting of thin MoS2 nanosheets on the surface of anodized TiO2 nanotube arrays were successfully synthesized with a facile anodic oxidation-hydrothermal technique. In ...
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Cu doped ZnO hierarchical nanostructures: morphological evolution and photocatalytic property
Copper doped ZnO hierarchical nanostructures have been synthesized with a facile solution route at room temperature. Structural properties of the as-synthesized nanostructures have been studied X-ray diffracti...