Alkylamine-mediated synthesis and photocatalytic properties of ZnO

doi:10.1007/s11706-019-0449-0

Front. Mater. Sci.

2019, Vol. 13

Issue (1) : 33-42 https://doi.org/10.1007/s11706-019-0449-0

RESEARCH ARTICLE

Alkylamine-mediated synthesis and photocatalytic properties of ZnO

Cuicui HU¹, Huanhuan ZHANG², Yanjun XING¹(

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¹. Key Laboratory of Science and Technology of Eco-Textiles (Ministry of Education), College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
². Shanghai Institute of Quality Inspection and Technical Research, Shanghai 200233, China

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Abstract

A simple approach to synthesize ZnO microstructures was reported using dodecylamine, hexadecylamine and oleylamine as template agents. The synthesized ZnO was characterized by XRD, FESEM, TEM, EDS mapping, FTIR, UV–vis DRS, Raman spectroscopy and BET analysis. Hierarchical oriented ZnO microstructures were obtained. The photocatalytic performance of ZnO prepared with different types of alkylamines was evaluated by the degradation of methylene blue (MB) and methyl orange (MO). The results suggested that alkylamine control the nucleation, growth and morphology of ZnO. The photocatalytic properties of ZnO on the degradation of MB and MO decreased with increasing the alkyl chain length in alkylamine.

Keywords ZnO controlled preparation alkylamine photocatalytic property

Corresponding Author(s): Yanjun XING

Online First Date: 29 January 2019 Issue Date: 07 March 2019

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Cuicui HU,Huanhuan ZHANG,Yanjun XING. Alkylamine-mediated synthesis and photocatalytic properties of ZnO[J]. Front. Mater. Sci., 2019, 13(1): 33-42.

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Fig.1 XRD patterns of ZnO samples.

Fig.2 FESEM images of ZnO samples: (a) ZnO-D; (b) ZnO-H; (c) ZnO-O [¹⁴].

Fig.3 (a)(d) TEM images, (b)(e) SAED patterns and (c)(f) HRTEM images of samples ZnO-D (upper) and ZnO-H (lower).

Fig.4 EDS mapping images of (a)(b)(c)(d)(e) sample ZnO-D and (f)(g)(h)(i)(j) sample ZnO-O.

Fig.5 FTIR spectra of ZnO samples.

Fig.6 Schematic illustration of the formation process of ZnO samples.

Fig.7 (a) UV–vis DRS results and (b) plots of (αhv)² versus the energy of absorbed light of ZnO samples.

Fig.8 Raman spectra of ZnO samples.

Tab.1 Intensity ratio between E₂^high mode and A₁(LO) mode

Fig.9 Nitrogen adsorption/desorption isotherms of ZnO samples: (a) ZnO-D and (b) ZnO-H. Inset: the corresponding BJH pore size distribution.

Tab.2 Values of S_BET, pore volume and pore size of ZnO samples

Fig.10 (a)(b)(c) UV–vis absorption spectra and corresponding photographs (inset) of MB solutions during the photocatalytic reaction in the presence of ZnO-D, ZnO-H and ZnO-O. (d) Decolorization efficiency of the MB solution.

Fig.11 (a)(b)(c) UV–vis absorption spectra and corresponding photographs (inset) of MO solutions during photocatalytic reaction in the presence of ZnO-D, ZnO-H and ZnO-O[¹⁴]. (d) Decolorization efficiency of the MO solution.

Tab.3 Comparison between the reported catalysts and the current catalysts [³³–³⁸]

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