Hydrothermal Synthesis and Photocatalytic Properties of ZnS Microflowers

doi:10.7517/j.issn.1674-0475.2016.03.252

Abstract

Abstract:

ZnS microflowers have been synthesized by one step hydrothermal method. Morphologies and microstructures of the as-synthesized products were investigated by X-ray diffraction and Scanning Electron Microscope. At the same time, photocatalytic properties of the as-obtained products were also studied in detail. It showed that ZnS microflowers had excellent degradation efficiencies to methylene blue, eosin red and methyl orange under UV-light irradiation. Photocatalytic cycling experiment is done to study the stability and reusability of the photocatalyst by conducting cyclic reactions for five times for the photodegradation of MB,demonstrating that ZnS microflowers possess superior photocatalytic activity.

Key words: nanostructures, ZnS microflowers, hydrothermal synthesis, photocatalytic properties

JIANG Wei, WU Xiang. Hydrothermal Synthesis and Photocatalytic Properties of ZnS Microflowers[J]. Imaging Science and Photochemistry, 2016, 34(3): 252-256.

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