DocumentCode
1473558
Title
Synthesis and photocatalytic property of Cd(OH)2 nanowires based on a supported liquid membrane system
Author
Qingchun Chen ; Qingsheng Wu
Author_Institution
Dept. of Chem., Tongji Univ., Shanghai, China
Volume
6
Issue
3
fYear
2011
fDate
3/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
150
Lastpage
153
Abstract
Cd(OH)2 nanowires have been synthesised in high yield based on a supported liquid membrane (SLM) system for the first time. X-ray powder diffraction, scanning electron microscopy and transmission electron microscopy were employed to characterise the product, which revealed that the product mainly consisted of woven Cd(OH)2 nanowires with diameters ranging from several nanometres to about 50 nanometres. The UV-vis spectrum indicated that the as-obtained Cd(OH)2 nanowires had a direct bandgap of 4.25 eV, which was larger than the value for Cd(OH)2 nanoplates prepared by direct precipitation and meaned more efficient photocatalytic activity for nanoscale effect. The results of photocatalytic activity experiments showed that the Cd(OH)2 nanowires, compared to Cd(OH)2 nanoplates prepared by direct precipitation, were more effective to degradation of rhodamine B (RhB) dye under irradiation of ultraviolet light. This method based on SLM may be applied in coupling preparing functional nanomaterials and treatment of both heavy metal ions wastewater and high-alkaline wastewater containing organic contaminants.
Keywords
X-ray diffraction; cadmium compounds; catalysis; energy gap; nanofabrication; nanowires; photochemistry; precipitation; scanning electron microscopy; transmission electron microscopy; ultraviolet radiation effects; Cd(OH)2; UV-vis spectrum; X-ray powder diffraction; direct bandgap; direct precipitation; functional nanomaterials; heavy metal ions wastewater treatment; high-alkaline wastewater treatment; nanoplates; nanowires; organic contaminants; photocatalytic property; rhodamine B dye degradation; scanning electron microscopy; supported liquid membrane system; transmission electron microscopy; ultraviolet light irradiation;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Micro & Nano Letters, IET
Publisher
iet
ISSN
1750-0443
Type
jour
DOI
10.1049/mnl.2010.0192
Filename
5732732
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