The objective of this study was to prepare a new photocatalyst with high activities for degradation of organic pollutants.Coupled ZrO_(2)/ZnO photocatalyst was prepared with a simple precipitation method with cheap ra...The objective of this study was to prepare a new photocatalyst with high activities for degradation of organic pollutants.Coupled ZrO_(2)/ZnO photocatalyst was prepared with a simple precipitation method with cheap raw materials zinc acetate and zirconium oxychloride,and was character-ized by X-ray diffraction(XRD)and transmission electron microscopy(TEM).Reactive brilliant red X-3B was used as a model compound to investigate the photocatalytic activity of synthesized catalysts in water under 254 nm UV irradia-tion.Results show that the optimal calcination temperature and coupling molar ratio of Zr were 350°C and 2.5%,respec-tively.At the calcination temperature of 350°C,ZrO_(2) was dispersed on the surface of hexagonal ZnO in the form of amorphous clusters.The particle size of ZrO_(2)/ZnO decreased with the decrease of calcination temperature and the increase of Zr coupling amount.ZrO_(2)/ZnO has better photocatalytic activity for degradation of reactive brilliant red(RBR)X-3B than pure ZnO and P25-TiO_(2).展开更多
文摘The objective of this study was to prepare a new photocatalyst with high activities for degradation of organic pollutants.Coupled ZrO_(2)/ZnO photocatalyst was prepared with a simple precipitation method with cheap raw materials zinc acetate and zirconium oxychloride,and was character-ized by X-ray diffraction(XRD)and transmission electron microscopy(TEM).Reactive brilliant red X-3B was used as a model compound to investigate the photocatalytic activity of synthesized catalysts in water under 254 nm UV irradia-tion.Results show that the optimal calcination temperature and coupling molar ratio of Zr were 350°C and 2.5%,respec-tively.At the calcination temperature of 350°C,ZrO_(2) was dispersed on the surface of hexagonal ZnO in the form of amorphous clusters.The particle size of ZrO_(2)/ZnO decreased with the decrease of calcination temperature and the increase of Zr coupling amount.ZrO_(2)/ZnO has better photocatalytic activity for degradation of reactive brilliant red(RBR)X-3B than pure ZnO and P25-TiO_(2).