Fabrication and Photocatalytic Performance of SnO₂ Prepared under Ultrasonic Vibration

Abstract:

Nanostructured SnO₂ was prepared by a parallel flow method under ultrasonic vibration. The photocatalytic performance of SnO2 was investigated by utilizing photocatalytic decolorization of methyl orange used as model organic pollutant. SnO2 prepared was characterized by BET, XRD and SEM. The results show that ultrasonication can influence greatly the specific surface parameters, SEM image and particle size, thus leading to better photocatalytic performance. The photocatalytic performance of SnO2 prepared by ultrasonication is 1.5 times of that of SnO2 prepared without ultrasonication.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 734-737)
• Pages: 2151-2154
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.734-737.2151
• Online since: August 2013
• Authors: Zheng Hua Xiao, Tao Wang
• Keywords: Decolorization, Photocatalytic Performance, SnO₂, Ultrasonication

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