Issue 35, 2015

Visible-light photocatalysis on C-doped ZnO derived from polymer-assisted pyrolysis

Abstract

C-doped ZnO with a large surface area was prepared via F127-assisted pyrolysis at 500 °C and used for visible-light-responsive photocatalytic water purification. The band structure of the C-doped ZnO was investigated using valance band XPS and DFT simulation. The C-doped ZnO possessed enhanced absorption of UV and visible light, though it showed lower visible-light-responsive photocatalytic activity than ZnO because of significant recombination of photogenerated charge carriers arising from overloaded C-dopant and oxygen vacancies.

Graphical abstract: Visible-light photocatalysis on C-doped ZnO derived from polymer-assisted pyrolysis

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
29 Dec 2014
Accepted
09 Mar 2015
First published
10 Mar 2015

RSC Adv., 2015,5, 27690-27698

Author version available

Visible-light photocatalysis on C-doped ZnO derived from polymer-assisted pyrolysis

A. S. Alshammari, L. Chi, X. Chen, A. Bagabas, D. Kramer, A. Alromaeh and Z. Jiang, RSC Adv., 2015, 5, 27690 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA17227B

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