TY - JOUR
T1 - Hierarchical ZnO/MXene composites and their photocatalytic performances
AU - Khadidja, Moukaila Fatiya
AU - Fan, Jincheng
AU - Li, Songyang
AU - Li, Shidong
AU - Cui, Kexin
AU - Wu, Jianghong
AU - Zeng, Wengao
AU - Wei, Huige
AU - Jin, Hong Guang
AU - Naik, Nithesh
AU - Chao, Zisheng
AU - Pan, Duo
AU - Guo, Zhanhu
N1 - Funding Information:
Financial support is acknowledged the program from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51701022), the Natural Science Foundation of Hu'nan Province (Grant No. 2018JJ3528), Foundation of Hu'nan Educational Committee (Grant No. 18A149), Postgraduate Scientific Research Innovation project of Hu'nan Province (CX20200903), the International Collaboration Program, CSUST (No. 2018IC28) and the Creative Program from College of Materials Science and Engineering, CSUST. The authors declared that there are no conflicts of interest.
Funding Information:
Financial support is acknowledged the program from the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51701022 ), the Natural Science Foundation of Hu’nan Province (Grant No. 2018JJ3528 ), Foundation of Hu’nan Educational Committee (Grant No. 18A149 ), Postgraduate Scientific Research Innovation project of Hu’nan Province ( CX20200903 ), the International Collaboration Program, CSUST (No. 2018IC28 ) and the Creative Program from College of Materials Science and Engineering, CSUST.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 Elsevier B.V.
PY - 2021/11/5
Y1 - 2021/11/5
N2 - MXene with low band gap and excellent metallic conductivity is a novel ultrathin two-dimensional transition metal carbide, and has been widely used as the photocatalytic carrier of semiconductor material. Herein, ZnO/MXene composites were fabricated by a facile two-step chemical reaction method and their structures and photocatalytic performances were investigated systematically. At lower growth temperatures, ZnO particles were dispersed on the Ti3C2 layers whereas ZnO microrods covered the Ti3C2 layers at higher growth temperatures. Especially, ZnO microrods/MXene composites show good photocatalytic performances. Under UV irradiation, about 97.5% Rhodamine B was degraded by the composite within 18 min and retained more than 90% of the photocatalytic efficiency after 7 cycles. Therefore, ZnO microrods/MXene composites can be regarded as a potential candidate for applications in waste water treatment and environmental protection.
AB - MXene with low band gap and excellent metallic conductivity is a novel ultrathin two-dimensional transition metal carbide, and has been widely used as the photocatalytic carrier of semiconductor material. Herein, ZnO/MXene composites were fabricated by a facile two-step chemical reaction method and their structures and photocatalytic performances were investigated systematically. At lower growth temperatures, ZnO particles were dispersed on the Ti3C2 layers whereas ZnO microrods covered the Ti3C2 layers at higher growth temperatures. Especially, ZnO microrods/MXene composites show good photocatalytic performances. Under UV irradiation, about 97.5% Rhodamine B was degraded by the composite within 18 min and retained more than 90% of the photocatalytic efficiency after 7 cycles. Therefore, ZnO microrods/MXene composites can be regarded as a potential candidate for applications in waste water treatment and environmental protection.
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U2 - 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127230
DO - 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.127230
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85112128370
SN - 0927-7757
VL - 628
JO - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
JF - Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
M1 - 127230
ER -