Photocatalytic performance of CdS nanomaterials for photodegradation of organic azo dyes under artificial visible light and natural solar light irradiation |
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Authors: | Teeradech Senasu Suwat Nanan |
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Affiliation: | 1.Materials Chemistry Research Center, Department of Chemistry and Center of Excellence for Innovation in Chemistry, Faculty of Science,Khon Kaen University,Khon Kaen,Thailand |
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Abstract: | The CdS semiconductors have been prepared at low temperature via catalyst-free chemical precipitation method without using any surfactant or capping agent. Either water or ethylene glycol, as a solvent, provides spherical CdS nanostructures with a comparable size of 117–121 nm. The molar ratio of Cd/S plays an important role in determining phase structure, morphology and photocatalytic performance of the prepared CdS nanostructures. Increasing molar ratio of S2? results in not only mixed cubic-hexagonal phases but also low photocatalytic performance. CdS nanoparticles with good dispersibility prepared at Cd/S molar ratio of 1:1 shows high photocatytic efficiency of 95% toward photodegradation of reactive red azo dye (RR141) under visible light irradiation up to 240 min. The degradation efficiency of CdS nanoparticles also reaches 48% under natural solar light irradiation for 80 min. This work demonstrates the promising potential of CdS nanomaterials as photocatalysts for environmental remediation. |
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