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Exploring the role of defects on diverse properties of Cr-substituted ZnS nanostructures for photocatalytic applications

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Pristine ZnS nanospheres and 4% Cr-substituted ZnS nanocubes were synthesized by a one-step hydrothermal method. The effect of cetyltrimethyl ammonium bromide (CTAB) cationic surfactant on morphology of as-synthesized samples was scrutinized. Diverse physical properties of as-synthesized materials for photocatalytic activity were investigated by XRD, FT-IR, UV–Vis, fluorescence spectroscopy, SEM, EDS, TG–DTA and I–V characteristics. It was explicitly observed that Cr-substituted ZnS nanocubes have higher efficiency than pristine ZnS nanospheres. Cr-substituted ZnS nanocubes are more photosensitive than pristine ZnS nanospheres owing to its lower energy band gap, smaller particle size, lattice strain and single crystalline phase. A variation in photocatalytic activity attributes to physical properties which endorses the degradation of MB, MO and MO–MB miscellaneous azo dye solution effectively. It was explicitly fortified that 4% Cr-doped ZnS nanocubes are better photocatalyst than pristine ZnS nanospheres for photocatalytic dye degradation application.

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The authors are grateful to UGC-DAE-CSR, Mumbai, for financial assistance through Project No. UDCSR/MUM/CD/CSR-M-256/2017/1029, India, and Prof. S.S. Shah for his scientific discussion and encouragement.

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    D. V. Dake, N. D. Raskar, V. A. Mane, R. B. Sonpir & B. N. Dole

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  4. UGC-DAE Consortium for Scientific Research, BARC, Mumbai centre R5-Shed, Mumbai, 400 085, India

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Dake, D.V., Raskar, N.D., Mane, V.A. et al. Exploring the role of defects on diverse properties of Cr-substituted ZnS nanostructures for photocatalytic applications. Appl. Phys. A 126, 640 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-020-03669-1

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