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Reducing the photocatalytic activity of zinc oxide quantum dots by surface modification

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posted on 2024-06-05, 03:44 authored by J Wang, T Tsuzuki, L Sun, X Wang
The use of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanoparticles as ultraviolet (UV) absorbers for many organic substrates is limited because of the high photocatalytic activity of ZnO. In this study, a facile and efficient technique for the preparation of a hybrid material of silica-coated ZnO nanoparticles was used to reduce the photocatalytic activity of ZnO. Monodispersed ZnO nanopartcles were prepared by wet chemistry and the particle surface was modified by tetraethylorthosilicate to form a silica coating via the Sto¨ ber method. ZnO samples, both before and after the coating process, were investigated by transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, dynamic light scanning, infrared, and UV-Vis absorption spectroscopy. The effect of the surface modification on the photocatalytic activity of ZnO was studied by monitoring the degradation of Rhodamine B caused by photo-generated free radicals. The results implied that the photo-generation of free-radicals was strongly quenched by the presence of silica on the particle surface.

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Journal

Journal of the American ceramic society

Volume

92

Pagination

2083-2088

Location

New York, N. Y.

ISSN

0002-7820

eISSN

1551-2916

Language

eng

Publication classification

C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal

Copyright notice

2009, Deakin University

Issue

9

Publisher

Wiley Interscience

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