PMID- 32763611
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
DCOM- 20201006
LR  - 20201006
IS  - 1879-1026 (Electronic)
IS  - 0048-9697 (Linking)
VI  - 746
DP  - 2020 Dec 1
TI  - Synthesis of TiO(2) modified self-assembled honeycomb ZnO/SnO(2) nanocomposites 
      for exceptional photocatalytic degradation of 2,4-dichlorophenol and bisphenol A.
PG  - 141291
LID - S0048-9697(20)34820-8 [pii]
LID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141291 [doi]
AB  - In this study, we have successfully synthesized honeycomb-like self-assembled 
      structure of TiO(2) modified ZnO/SnO(2) nanostructure via co-precipitation method 
      with exceptional high degradation activities for 2,4-dichlorophenol (2,4-DCP) and 
      bisphenol A (BPA) pollutants. The as-prepared samples were calcined in tube 
      furnace at high elevated temperature (700, 800 and 900  degrees C) for 1 h. Among the 
      TiO(2) modified samples, ZST10-700 showed higher charge separation as 
      demonstrated from surface photovoltage spectroscopy, photoluminance and 
      electrochemical curve. Surface morphology, crystallinity, optical property and 
      different functional groups in the samples were determined with SEM, EDX, XRD, 
      UV-Vis DRS and FTIR, respectively. Interestingly, 72% and 58% photocatalytic 
      degradation efficiencies were achieved with optimized ZST10-700 for 2,4-DCP and 
      BPA, respectively. In comparison, the pure ZS-700 only showed 36% and 29% 
      photocatalytic degradation efficiencies, respectively. The improved 
      photocatalytic degradation efficiencies of the optimized ZST10-700 are mainly due 
      to improved charge separation and prolonged charge lifetime. It was further 
      verified that by increasing calcination temperature, the photocatalytic activity 
      decreased, and this is attributed to the formation of photo-inactive phases like 
      Zn(2)SnO(4) and ZnTiO(3). We believe that this work will provide an effective 
      strategy to construct ternary heterojunction for the elimination of pollutants.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2020 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
FAU - Ali, Wajid
AU  - Ali W
AD  - Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry 
      and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China; Department 
      of Chemistry, Islamia College University Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. 
      Electronic address: wajidalichemist@gmail.com.
FAU - Ullah, Hameed
AU  - Ullah H
AD  - Department of Chemistry, Islamia College University Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, 
      Pakistan. Electronic address: hameedwazir@yahoo.co.uk.
FAU - Zada, Amir
AU  - Zada A
AD  - Department of Chemistry, Abdul Wali Khan University, Mardan 23200, Pakistan.
FAU - Muhammad, Wisal
AU  - Muhammad W
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Surface Physics, Physics Departments, Fudan University, 
      Shanghai 200433, China.
FAU - Ali, Sharafat
AU  - Ali S
AD  - Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry 
      and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China.
FAU - Shaheen, Shabana
AU  - Shaheen S
AD  - Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry 
      and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150080, China.
FAU - Alamgir, Muhammad Khalid
AU  - Alamgir MK
AD  - National Institute of Vacuum Science and Technology, NCP Complex, Islamabad, 
      Pakistan.
FAU - Ansar, Muhammad Zaka
AU  - Ansar MZ
AD  - National Institute of Vacuum Science and Technology, NCP Complex, Islamabad, 
      Pakistan.
FAU - Khan, Zaheen Ullah
AU  - Khan ZU
AD  - State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, School of Materials Science and 
      Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China.
FAU - Bilal, Hazrat
AU  - Bilal H
AD  - State Key Laboratory for Chemistry of Medicinal Resources, Guangxi Normal 
      University, Guangxi 541004, China.
FAU - Yap, Pow-Seng
AU  - Yap PS
AD  - Department of Civil Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, Suzhou 
      215123, China. Electronic address: PowSeng.Yap@xjtlu.edu.cn.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20200727
PL  - Netherlands
TA  - Sci Total Environ
JT  - The Science of the total environment
JID - 0330500
SB  - IM
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Calcination
OT  - Honeycomb structure
OT  - Improved charge separation
OT  - Ternary heterojunction
OT  - TiO(2) modification
COIS- Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no known 
      competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared 
      to influence the work reported in this paper.
EDAT- 2020/08/09 06:00
MHDA- 2020/08/09 06:01
CRDT- 2020/08/09 06:00
PHST- 2020/06/03 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2020/07/07 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2020/07/25 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2020/08/09 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2020/08/09 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2020/08/09 06:00 [entrez]
AID - S0048-9697(20)34820-8 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141291 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Sci Total Environ. 2020 Dec 1;746:141291. doi: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.141291. 
      Epub 2020 Jul 27.