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ZnS NANOFLOWERS ON GRAPHENE FOR USE AS A HIGH-PERFORMANCE PHOTOCATALYST

College of Mechanical Engineering, Hunan University of Arts and Science Changde, 415000, P. R. China

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Department of Applied Physics and Materials Research Center, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793292014500970Cited by:5 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

The nanocomposites of graphene loaded–ZnS nanoflowers (GR–ZnS) had been successfully prepared. Materials were characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier transform infrared spectra (FTIR), photoluminescence (PL) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) spectra. A possible formation mechanism of this architecture was proposed. The experimental results revealed that these nanoflowers exhibited excellent UV-light photocatalytic activities for pollutant methyl orange (MO) dye degradation. These new nanostructures were expected to show considerable potential applications in the water treatment.

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