Sol concentration effect on ZnO nanofibers photocatalytic activity synthesized by sol–gel dip coating method

doi:10.1088/2053-1591/aa61cf

	Sol concentration effect on ZnO nanofibers photocatalytic activity synthesized by sol–gel dip coating method
	Toubane,M 4,5; Tala-Ighil,R 5,6; Bensouici,F 4,5; Bououdina,M 1; Souier,M 3; Liu,S 2; Cai,W 2; Iratni,A 5
刊名	Materials Research Express
	2017-03-15
卷号	4
关键词	dip coating sol concentration FESEM AFM photocatalysis ZnO nanofibers
ISSN号	2053-1591
DOI	10.1088/2053-1591/aa61cf
英文摘要	Abstract ZnO thin films were deposited onto glass substrate by sol–gel dip coating method. The initial sol concentrations were varied from 0.2 to 0.5 M. Zinc acetate dihydrate, ethanol and Diethanolamine (DEA) were used as staring material, solvent and stabilizer respectively. The evolution of structural, optical properties and methylene blue (MB) photodegradation of the as-deposited films on sol concentration was investigated. Rietveld refinements of x-ray patterns reveal that all the as-prepared thin films have a Zincite-type structure with grain orientation along to c-axis. The strongest sol concentration is favorable for the highest crystallization quality. However, the high preferred orientation factor (POF) occurs for 0.3 M sol concentration. The field emission scanning electron microscopy observations reveals nanofibrous morphology with different lengths. The nanofibers density increases with increasing sols concentrations until forming a flower-like morphology. The EDS analysis confirms the high purity of the as-deposited ZnO films. It is found that all films present good transparency greater than 95% in the visible range; the optical band gap is slightly reduced with the increase in sol concentration. The photocatalytic degradation is enhanced by 90% with the sol concentration. The Kapp rate reaction increased with increasing sol concentration. The films stability is found to slightly decrease after the third cycle, especially for 0.5 M sol concentration.
语种	英语
出版者	IOP Publishing
WOS记录号	IOP:2053-1591-4-3-AA61CF
内容类型	期刊论文
源URL	[http://ir.hfcas.ac.cn:8080/handle/334002/42941]
专题	中国科学院合肥物质科学研究院
作者单位	1.Department of Physics, College of Science, University of Bahrain, PO Box 32038, Sakheer, Bahrain 2.Key Laboratory of Materials Physics, Anhui Key Laboratory of Nanomaterials and Nanotechnology, Centre for Environmental and Energy Nanomaterials, Institute of Solid State Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Hefei 230031, People’s Republic of China 3.Physics Department, College of Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University, Po Box 36, Muscat, Oman 4.Faculty of Sciences, Physics Department, M’hammed Bougara University, 35000 Boumerdes, Algeria 5.URMPE Unit, M’hamed bougara University, 35000 Boumerdes, Algeria 6.Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, M’hamed Bougara University, 35000 Boumerdes, Algeria
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Toubane,M,Tala-Ighil,R,Bensouici,F,et al. Sol concentration effect on ZnO nanofibers photocatalytic activity synthesized by sol–gel dip coating method[J]. Materials Research Express,2017,4.
APA	Toubane,M.,Tala-Ighil,R.,Bensouici,F.,Bououdina,M.,Souier,M.,...&Iratni,A.(2017).Sol concentration effect on ZnO nanofibers photocatalytic activity synthesized by sol–gel dip coating method.Materials Research Express,4.
MLA	Toubane,M,et al."Sol concentration effect on ZnO nanofibers photocatalytic activity synthesized by sol–gel dip coating method".Materials Research Express 4(2017).