Synthesis of nano-ZnS by lyotropic liquid crystal template method for enhanced photodegradation of methylene blue

Layered liquid crystal templates were prepared in the ternary system of sodium dodecyl sulfate/n-amyl alcohol/ water, supplemented with a homogeneous precipitation method to successfully prepare zinc sulfide nanomaterials. Various characterizations and photocatalytic degradation tests using methylene blue (MB) as a simulated pollutant were performed to analyze the fabricated samples. The results showed that the prepared ZnS nanomaterial with a cubic sphalerite structure and high purity obtained the particle size distribution between 60 and 200 nm due to the auxiliary effect of the solvent-liquid crystal template, resulting in high photodegradation performance for MB under xenon lamp irradiation, it showed.

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Layered liquid crystal templates were used to successfully prepare zinc sulfide nanomaterials with a cubic sphalerite structure and high purity, resulting in high photodegradation performance for methylene blue under xenon lamp irradiation.