Reducing Packing Factor of ZnIn2S4 to Promote Photocatalytic Activity

doi:10.1007/s40242-020-0308-7

Chemical Research in Chinese Universities ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (6): 1102-1107.doi: 10.1007/s40242-020-0308-7

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Reducing Packing Factor of ZnIn₂S₄ to Promote Photocatalytic Activity

HU Keyan^1,2, XU Zian³, LIU Yiting⁴, HUANG Fuqiang^1,5

1. State Key Laboratory of High-performance Ceramics and Super Fine Microstructure, Shanghai Institute of Ceramics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 200050, P. R. China;
2. School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Jingdezhen Ceramic Institute, Jingdezhen 333403, P. R. China;
3. Department of Materials Science and Engineering, City University of Hong Kong, Tat Chee Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, P. R. China;
4. State Key Laboratory of Precision Spectroscopy, East China Normal University, Shanghai 200062, P. R. China;
5. Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and State Key Laboratory of Rare Earth Materials Chemistry and Applications, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, P. R. China

Received:2020-09-30 Revised:2020-11-13 Online:2020-12-01 Published:2020-11-13
Contact: HUANG Fuqiang E-mail:huangfq@mail.sic.ac.cn
Supported by:
Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.21871008), the Key Research Program of Frontier Science of Chinese Academy of Sciences(No.QYZDJ-SSW-JSC013), the Natural Science Foundation of Jiangxi Province, China (Nos.20151BAB212008, GJJ150912) and the Science and Technology Project of Jingdezhen, China(No.20192GYZD008-21).

Abstract

Abstract: Due to the quite sluggish charge-carrier separation in semiconductor photocatalysts, the photocatalytic activity of these materials is still far inferior than anticipated. Herein, a novel approach to reducing the packing factor(PF) of ZnIn₂S₄ semiconductors to improve the charge-carrier separation is offered. The well-crystallized Zn_1-xIn₂S_4-x(x=0, 0.05, 0.1) powders were productively prepared through solid-state reactions. Their structures were verified by the high-resolution transmission electron microscopy, powder X-ray diffraction, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The PF values of Zn_1-xIn₂S_4-x(x=0, 0.05, 0.1) samples were calculated to be 0.683, 0.651, and 0.618, respectively. The reduction of the PF for Zn_1-xIn₂S_4-x with increasing x can promote the separation of photoexcited carriers, and this process was endorsed by their photoelectric response and photoluminescence emission spectra. The Zn_0.9In₂S_3.9 sample with a lower PF value presents roughly 21 times higher photocurrent density and four times higher photodegrading rate of methyl orange than those of pristine ZnIn₂S₄.

Key words: Charge-carrier separation, Packing factor, Zn_1-xIn₂S_4-x, Solid state reaction, Photocatalytic activity

HU Keyan, XU Zian, LIU Yiting, HUANG Fuqiang. Reducing Packing Factor of ZnIn₂S₄ to Promote Photocatalytic Activity[J]. Chemical Research in Chinese Universities, 2020, 36(6): 1102-1107.

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