Electrospun Nanofibers of ZnO−SnO2 Heterojunction with High Photocatalytic Activity
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Abstract
One-dimensional ZnO−SnO2 nanofibers with high photocatalytic activity have been successfully synthesized by a simple combination method of sol−gel process and electrospinning technique. X-ray diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), energy-dispersive X-ray (EDX) spectroscopy, nitrogen adsorption−desorption isotherm analysis, UV−vis diffuse reflectance (DR), and photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy were used to characterize the as-synthesized nanofibers. The results indicated that the ZnO−SnO2 nanofibers with diameters of 100−150 nm consisted of wurtzite ZnO and rutile SnO2. The photocatalytic activity of the ZnO−SnO2 nanofibers for the degradation of rhodamine B (RB) was much higher than that of electrospun ZnO and SnO2 nanofibers, which could be attributed to the formation of a ZnO−SnO2 heterojunction in the ZnO−SnO2 nanofibers and the high specific surface area of the ZnO−SnO2 nanofibers. Notably, the ZnO−SnO2 nanofibers could be easily recycled without the decrease of the photocatalytic activity due to their one-dimensional nanostructural property.
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