One-Pot Hydrothermal Synthesis of La-Doped ZnIn2S4 Microspheres with Improved Visible-Light Photocatalytic Performance
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Experimental Details
2.1. Materials
2.2. Synthesis of Pure ZnIn2S4 (ZIS) and La-Doped ZIS
2.3. Characterization
2.4. Photoelectrochemical Measurements
2.5. Photocatalytic Experiments
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Phase Structure and Composition
3.2. Morphology and Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) Analysis
3.3. Optical Characterization
3.4. Photocatalytic Activities
3.5. Possible Photocatalytic Mechanism
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Jia, T.; Liu, M.; Zheng, C.; Long, F.; Min, Z.; Fu, F.; Yu, D.; Li, J.; Lee, J.H.; Kim, N.H. One-Pot Hydrothermal Synthesis of La-Doped ZnIn2S4 Microspheres with Improved Visible-Light Photocatalytic Performance. Nanomaterials 2020, 10, 2026. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10102026
Jia T, Liu M, Zheng C, Long F, Min Z, Fu F, Yu D, Li J, Lee JH, Kim NH. One-Pot Hydrothermal Synthesis of La-Doped ZnIn2S4 Microspheres with Improved Visible-Light Photocatalytic Performance. Nanomaterials. 2020; 10(10):2026. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10102026
Chicago/Turabian StyleJia, Tiekun, Ming Liu, Chunyang Zheng, Fei Long, Zhiyu Min, Fang Fu, Dongsheng Yu, Jili Li, Joong Hee Lee, and Nam Hoon Kim. 2020. "One-Pot Hydrothermal Synthesis of La-Doped ZnIn2S4 Microspheres with Improved Visible-Light Photocatalytic Performance" Nanomaterials 10, no. 10: 2026. https://doi.org/10.3390/nano10102026