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Preparation, characterization and activity evaluation of heterostructure In(2)O(3)/In(OH)(3) photocatalyst
Chen Shifu1, Yu Xiaoling, Zhang Huaye
1Department of Chemistry, Huaibei Normal University, Anhui, Huaibei 235000, People's Republic of China. chshifu@hbcnc.edu.cn
Abstract:
In this paper, the heterostructure In(2)O(3)/In(OH)(3) photocatalyst was prepared by programmed thermal treatment of In(OH)(3) using In(NO(3))(3).9H(2)O as the precursor. Various characterization methods such as X-ray power diffraction (XRD), UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), Fourier transform infrared spectrometry (FT-IR) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were employed to investigate the structure, morphologies, and optical properties. Terephthalic acid was used as a probe molecule to detect the generation of hydroxyl radicals (OH) on the surface of UV-illuminated photocatalyst by a photoluminescence (PL) technique. The results showed that the photocatalytic activity of the heterostructure In(2)O(3)/In(OH)(3) was higher than that of single In(2)O(3) or In(OH)(3). The increased photocatalytic activity may be attributed to the formation of the heterojunction between In(2)O(3) and In(OH)(3), which suppresses the recombination of photoexcited electrons-hole pairs.
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