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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 551, Issue -, Pages 125-130Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2012.10.045
Keywords
Porous ZnO; Zeolitic imidazolate framework-8; Thermal treatment; Photocatalysis
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- National Key Science and Technology Program [2011BAE07B05]
- National Natural Science Foundation [2099022221106061]
- Natural Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province of China [BK2010549, BK2009021]
- Australian Research Council (ARC)
- Department of Chemical Engineering at Monash University
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In this work, porous ZnO photocatalysts were attempted to be prepared by a facile method, i.e. the thermal treatment of zeolitic imidazolate framework-8, and then characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), field-emission scanning electron microscopy (FESEM), Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and nitrogen adsorption-desorption. It was found that the calcination temperature and time significantly influenced the morphology, composition and pore structure of ZnO. The photocatalytic activities of as-prepared ZnO powders were evaluated in the degradation of methylene blue (MB) under UV light in comparison with commercial anatase TiO2 and Degussa P25 TiO2. The surface area and crystallinity of porous ZnO obviously affected the photocatalytic activity of ZnO. The ZnO prepared at 500 degrees C for 5 h (ZnO-500-5) showed the highest photocatalytic activity, which was higher than that of the commercial anatase TiO2 and lower than that of Degussa P25 TiO2. Crown Copyright (C) 2012 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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