Issue 33, 2012
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RSC Advances

Enhanced visible-light photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange by BiPO4–CdS composites synthesized using a microwave-assisted method

Tian Lv,a   Likun Pan,*a   Xinjuan Liua  and  Zhuo Suna  

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a Engineering Research Center for Nanophotonics & Advanced Instrument, Ministry of Education, Department of Physics, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, China
E-mail: lkpan@phy.ecnu.edu.cn
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Abstract

BiPO4–CdS composites consisting of BiPO4 nanorods and CdS nanoparticles were successfully synthesized via a microwave-assisted reaction. The photocatalytic performance of the BiPO4–CdS composites, with different proportions of CdS, in the degradation of methyl orange under visible light irradiation was investigated. The results show that the BiPO4–CdS composite with 30.1 wt% CdS achieves a better performance with a maximum degradation rate of 98.1% as compared with pure BiPO4 due to the increase of specific surface area for more adsorbed MO, the enhancement of light absorption and the reduction of carrier recombination.

Graphical abstract: Enhanced visible-light photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange by BiPO4–CdS composites synthesized using a microwave-assisted method

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C2RA21382F
Article type
Communication
Submitted
06 Jul 2012
Accepted
24 Oct 2012
First published
24 Oct 2012

RSC Adv., 2012,2, 12706-12709

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Enhanced visible-light photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange by BiPO4–CdS composites synthesized using a microwave-assisted method

T. Lv, L. Pan, X. Liu and Z. Sun, RSC Adv., 2012, 2, 12706 DOI: 10.1039/C2RA21382F

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