MOFs Derived Hetero-ZnO/FeO Nanoflowers with Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance Towards Efficient Degradation of Organic Dyes

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Journal Nanomaterials (Basel)

Date 2021 Dec 24

PMID 34947588

Citations 3

Authors

Fakhr Uz Zaman

Bing Xie

Jinyang Zhang

Tianyu Gong

Kai Cui

Linrui Hou

Jiali Xu

Zhirou Zhai

Changzhou Yuan

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Abstract

It is still a challenge for wastewater treatment to develop efficient yet low-cost photocatalysts on a large scale. Herein, a facile yet efficient method was devised to successfully synthesize ZnO/FeO nanoflowers (NFs) by using metal organic framework ZIF-8 as the precursor. The photocatalytic activities of the as-prepared hetero-ZnO/FeO NFs are purposefully evaluated by photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB) and methyl orange (MO) under UV light irradiation. The resulting ZnO/FeO NFs display even higher photocatalytic activities than those of single-phase ZnO and FeO as a photocatalyst for the degradation of both MB ad MO. Particularly, nearly 100% MB can be photocatalytically degraded in 90 min under UV light irradiation using the hetero-NFs photocatalyst. The enhanced photocatalytic properties are probably ascribed to the synergistic contributions from the suitable band alignment of ZnO and FeO, large surface area, and strong light absorption property. Radical scavenger experiments prove that the photogenerated holes, ·OH and ·O-, play key roles in photocatalytic degradation process of organic dyes. Accordingly, the photocatalytic degradation mechanism of hetero-ZnO/FeO NFs towards dyes is tentatively proposed. The work contributes an effective way to rationally design and fabricate advanced photocatalysts with heterojunction structures for photocatalytic applications.

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