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Effect of 3D ZnO:Fe morphology on the photocatalytic activity under solar irradiation

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Nanoparticles, microsphere, hedgehog sphere-like and flower-like ZnO:Fe photocatalysts were prepared by the hydrothermal method. The samples were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and ultraviolet/visible absorption spectra (UV–Vis). The results show that the ZnO:Fe photocatalysts with different 3D morphologies are a hexagonal wurtzite structure with space group of p63mc. The pH value of the precursor has a great influence on various morphologies of ZnO:Fe photocatalysts. The flower-like and hedgehog sphere-like ZnO:Fe photocatalysts exhibit the high solar photocatalytic behavior on methylene blue (MB). The ZnO:Fe order of photocatalytic activity is as follows: flower > hedgehog sphere > microsphere > nanoparticle. The flower-like ZnO:Fe is optimal, which exhibits the highest degradation rate of 98% for light time of 5 h.

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This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Shandong Province (Y2008F50). The authors are grateful to Shandong Ceramic Basic Complex Materials Research Center.

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    Shuhua Dong, Kejing Xu, Chuncheng Wei & Juncheng Liu

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Dong, S., Xu, K., Wei, C. et al. Effect of 3D ZnO:Fe morphology on the photocatalytic activity under solar irradiation. Res Chem Intermed 38, 1055–1062 (2012). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-011-0441-5

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