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Synthesis of CdS/m-TiO2 mesoporous spheres and their application in photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B under visible light

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CdS/m-TiO2 heteroarchitecture with CdS nanocrystals loaded on mesoporous TiO2(m-TiO2) spheres was successfully synthesized via sol-gel method followed by solvothermal treatment. The material with uniform diameter of ca. 750 nm possesses regular mesoporous structure and large specific surface area of 100.5 m2/g. When used to photodegradate Rhodamine B(RB) under visible light, the CdS/m-TiO2 heteroarchitecture exhibits improved photocatalytic performance in comparison with pure m-TiO2 or CdS. The excellent photocatalytic activity is closely related to the facilitated separation of electron-hole pairs derived from the CdS/m-TiO2 heterojunction and mesoporous structure with high specific surface area and adequately exposed active sites.

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  1. Key Laboratory of Automobile Materials, Ministry of Education, College of Material Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China

    Shu Cui, Xuesong Li, Yanjuan Li, Haixin Zhao, Yuanyuan Wang, Nan Li & Xiaotian Li

  2. School of Physics, Tonghua Normal University, Tonghua, 134002, P. R. China

    Shu Cui

  3. State Key Laboratory of Inorganic Synthesis and Preparative Chemistry, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Changchun, 130012, P. R. China

    Guodong Li

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Supported the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.21076094 and 21673097).

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Cui, S., Li, X., Li, Y. et al. Synthesis of CdS/m-TiO2 mesoporous spheres and their application in photocatalytic degradation of rhodamine B under visible light. Chem. Res. Chin. Univ. 33, 436–441 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40242-017-6377-6

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