Study of the photocatalytic properties of bio-mimicked hollow SnO2 microstructures synthesized with Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. (kapok) as a natural template.

Hollow SnO2 microstructures (HSM) with a mesoporous surface have been simply fabricated by a template impregnation technique using Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. (kapok) as a natural template. The HSM could be used as an efficient photocatalyst for methylene blue dye photodegradation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]