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JOURNAL OF ALLOYS AND COMPOUNDS
Volume 885, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE SA
DOI: 10.1016/j.jallcom.2021.160961
Keywords
CdS/CeO2; Heterostructures; One dimension; Visible-light photocatalysis; Reduction of nitro organics
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- Natural Science Foundation of Anhui Province, China [2008085MB56, 2008085MB30]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China, China [21871005, 21501005]
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The one-dimensional CdS/CeO2 heterostructures exhibit significantly enhanced and composition-dependent photocatalytic activity under visible-light illumination, thanks to their composite and structural features.
We developed an easy-operation synthetic methodology to one-dimensional CdS/CeO2 heterostructures, which were formed by hybriding the CeO2 nanorods and CdS nanoparticles with varied mass loading of CdS. The heterostructures will be an ideal candidate as superior photocatalysts owing to their composite and structural features. We took the reduction of nitro organics with various substituents as probing reactions to evaluate their photocatalytic performances. As expect, the CdS/CeO2 heterostructures exhibit significantly enhanced and composition-dependent photocatalytic activity under visible-light illumination. Based on our systematic investigations, we ascribed the significantly improved visible-light harvesting properties to the hybriding of narrow-bandgap CdS with CeO2 and the negative potential of the conductive edge benefits for the reduction of H+ to active hydrogen species. More importantly, the CdS sensitization effect accelerates the interface carrier separation and transfer processes due to the formation of hetero-structure. The life time of the photogenerated electrons are remarkably prolonged. Moreover, the 3-CdS/CeO2 composites also exhibit excellent photocatalytic stability. (C) 2021 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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