Microwave Assisted Synthesis of SnS Decorated Graphene Nanocomposite with Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Applications

Jun-Hui Wang; Yi-Kai Zeng; Hao Gu; Lei Zhu; Won-Chun Oh

Korean Journal of Materials Research, Vol.30, No.12, 641-649, December, 2020

DOI10.3740/MRSK.2020.30.12.641 Export Citation

Microwave Assisted Synthesis of SnS Decorated Graphene Nanocomposite with Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Applications

Jun-Hui Wang, Yi-Kai Zeng, Hao Gu, Lei Zhu^†, and Won-Chun Oh^{1, †}

Key Laboratory for Advanced Technology in Environmental Protection of Jiangsu Province, Yancheng Institute of Technology, Yancheng, 224051, P.R. China
¹Department of Advanced Materials Science & Engineering, Hanseo University, Seosan 31962, Korea

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A facile microwave assisted solvothermal process is designed for fabricating SnS nanoparticles decorated on graphene nanosheet, which used as visible light driven photocatalyst. Some typical characterization techniques such as XRD, FT-IR, SEM with EDX analysis, and TEM and BET analysis are used to analyse the physical characteristics of as-prepared samples. Spherical SnS nanoparticles are uniformly dispersed on the surface of graphene nanosheet due to ammonia, which can prevent the aggregation of graphene oxide. Meanwhile, microwave radiation provides fast energy that promotes the formation of spherical SnS nanoparticles within a short time. The visible light photocatalytic activity of as-prepared SnS-GR nanocomposites is analysed through photodegradation efficiency of methylene blue with high concentration. According to the higher photocatalytic property, the as-prepared SnS-GR nanocomposites can be expected to be an efficient visible light driven photocatalyst. After five cycles for decolorization, the rate decreases from 87 % to 78 % (about 9 %). It is obvious that the photocatalytic activity of SnS-GR nanocomposite has good repeatability.

Keywords:graphene;SnS;DPCO;visible light responsive;nanocomposites

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