ABSTRACT
W i t h t h e i n c r e a s i n g l y s e r i o u s e n v i r o n m e n t a l p o l l u t i o n a n d e n e r g y c r i s i s ,
environmental management and developing new energy has become common concern
of all mankind and urgent problems. The semiconductor photocatalytic technology has
potential ability in solving environmental pollution and energy regeneration. Especially
in use of solar energy for heterogeneous photocatalytic degradation of pollutants and
decomposition of water into hydrogen technology has attracted wide concern, because
solar energy is utilized directly and the system is simple. But more studied potocatalysts
s u c h a s T i O
2 a n d Z n S a r e w i d e b a n d g a p s e m i c o n d u c t o r m a t e r i a l s , a n d o n l y c a n b e
e x c i t e d b y u l t r a v i o l e t l i g h t , w h i c h i s o n l y 5 % a m o n g t h e s o l a r e n e r g y. T h e r a t i o o f
visible light is 43%. So the development of visible-light driven high performance
p h o t o - c a t a l y s t i s a b r e a k t h r o u g h t o r e a l i z e t h e i n d u s t r i a l i z a t i o n o f s o l a r e n e r g y
photocatalytic technology in solving the environmental pollution and cleaning energy
production. The thesis designed and synthesized a 1D/2D structure of ZnxCd1- x
S/RGO
v i s i b l e - l i g h t c o m p o s i t e p h o t o c a t a l y s t. T h e s a m p l e wa s c h a r a c t e r i z e d b y t r a n s m i s s i o n
electron microscope (TEM), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), X-ray diffraction
( X R D ), U V - V i s a b s o r p t i o n s p e c t r o s c o p y ( U V - V i s ) a n d P L a n d t h e o t h e r t e s t
methods. Explores the Zn
xCd1-xS/RGO composites as visible light catalyst degradation
of organic pollutants and hydrogen photolysis aquatic product performance
The research content and important conclusions of this paper are as follows:
1. Controllable synthesis and optical properties of ZnxCd1-xS photocatalyst
ZnxC d
1 - x
S s o l i d s o l u t i o n w a s s u c c e s s f u l l y s y n t h e s i z e d v i s a o n e -s t e p t h e r m a l
d e c o m p o s i t i o n m e t h o d b y u s i n g Z n ( D D T C )
2 a n d C d ( D D T C )
2 a s p r e c u r s o r . T h e
structure, morphology and performance of ZnxC d
1 - x
S so li d s ol u ti on w er e a d ju s te d b y
c h a n g i n g t h e d o s a g e o f p r e c u r s o rs ( Z n : C d ). T h e s a m p l e wa s c h a r a c t e r i z e d b y
t r a n s m i s s i o n e l e c t r o n m i c r o s c o p e ( T E M ), X - r a y p h o t o e l e c t r o n s p e c t r o s c o p y ( X P S ) ,
X - r a y d i f f r a c t i o n ( X R D ) , U V - V i s a b s o r p t i o n s p e c t r o s c o p y ( U V - V i s )
a n d P L a n d t h e o t h e r t e s t m e t h o d s. T h e r e s u l t s i n d i c a t e d t h a t t h e a s p e c t r a t i o a n d
b a n d g a p e n e r g y o f t h e n a n o c r y s t a l s i n c r e a s e d w i t h i n c r e a s i n g o f Z n c o n t e n t .
A linear c ompression in both the a and c axes was observed throughout the range of
compositions (from x =0.125 to x =0.875), consistent with the expectations for Vegard’s
law behavior. Zn0.5
Cd0 .5
S nanorods with suitable band gap and aspect ratio display the
highest photoresponse. The photocurrent density of Zn0.5Cd0.5S is even 25 times as high
as that of Zn0.875Cd0.125S.
2 . T h e s y n t h e s i s a n d p e r f o r m a n c e o f t h e v i s i b l e - l i g h t d r i v e n
ZnxCd1-xS/RGO
ZnxCd1 -x
S/RGO visible-light composite photocatalyst was synthesized by a thermal
decomposition method. The samples were characterized by TEM, XPS, XRD and the