Journal
SOLID STATE SCIENCES
Volume 56, Issue -, Pages 54-62Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2016.04.008
Keywords
Zinc oxide; Doping; Nanowires; Photocatalyst; Chemical synthesis; Photoelectron spectroscopy
Funding
- Estonian Research Council [IUT2-25, PUT1096]
- National Research Program LATENERGI
- ERDF [3.2.1101.12-0027, 3.2.1101.12-0028, 3.2.1101.12-0010, TK114, TK117]
- Estonian Nanotechnology Competence Center [EU29996]
- European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7) CALIPSO [312284]
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High aspect ratio cobalt doped ZnO nanowires showing strong photocatalytic activity and moderate ferromagnetic behaviour were successfully synthesized using a solvothermal method and characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS), vibrating sample magnetometry (VSM) and UV-visible absorption spectroscopy. The photocatalytic activities evaluated for visible light driven degradation of an aqueous methylene orange (MO) solution were higher than for Co doped ZnO nanoparticles at the same doping level and synthesized by the same synthesis route. The rate constant for MO visible light photocatalytic degradation was 1.9.10(-3) min(-1) in case of nanoparticles and 4.2.10(-3) min(-1) in case of nanowires. We observe strongly enhanced visible light photocatalytic activity for moderate Co doping levels, with an optimum at a composition of Zn(0.9)5Co(0.05)O. The enhanced photocatalytic activities of Co doped ZnO nanowires were attributed to the combined effects of enhanced visible light absorption at the Co sites in ZnO nanowires, and improved separation efficiency of photogenerated charge carriers at optimal Co doping. (C) 2016 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
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