1. Porous Ce-doped ZnO hollow sphere with enhanced photodegradation activity for artificial waste water.
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Jiang, Jingjing, Zhang, Kai, Chen, Xiaodong, Zhao, Fei, Xie, Tengfeng, Wang, Dejun, and Lin, Yanhong
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SURFACE photovoltage , *PHOTOVOLTAIC effect , *PHOTODEGRADATION , *SCANNING electron microscopy , *POROUS materials - Abstract
In this study, Ce-doped ZnO photocatalysts are successfully prepared by using a simple and facile one-pot water bath method. The as-prepared samples are characterized by means of X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), ultraviolet–visible (UV–Vis) diffuse spectroscopy and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) surface area analysis. It is found that the as-synthesized Ce-doped ZnO possessed hollow porous structure, high surface areas and large pore volumes. The photocatalytic degradation efficiency (99%) of methyl orange (MO) with an optimal molar ratio of 0.3% Ce-doped ZnO is realized. The separation behavior of photogenerated electrons-holes pairs was investigated by surface photovoltage (SPV) and transient photovoltage (TPV) technique. The results illuminate that Ce element in Ce-doped ZnO tremendously promotes the separation of charges and inhibits the recombination of photogenerated charge carriers, corresponding to the excellent photocatalytic performance. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2017
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