Bulletin of Materials Science

, Volume 40, Issue 7, pp 1329–1333 | Cite as

Synthesis and enhanced photocatalytic activity of g-\(\hbox {C}_{3}\mathrm{N}_{4}\) hybridized CdS nanoparticles

  • Qing Ying Liu
  • Yi Ling Qi
  • Yi Fan Zheng
  • Xu Chun Song
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Abstract

The highly effective g-\(\hbox {C}_{3}\hbox {N}_{4}\) hybridized CdS photocatalysts were synthesized via a successive calcination and hydrothermal process. The as-prepared photocatalysts were characterized by X-ray powder diffraction, transmission electron microscopy and UV–Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The photocatalytic performance of the \(\hbox {C}_{3}\hbox {N}_{4}\)/CdS nanocomposites was evaluated by the photodegradation of RhB under visible light irradiation. The results showed that photocatalytic ability of the \(\hbox {C}_{3}\hbox {N}_{4}\)/CdS nanocomposites was higher than that of pure \(\hbox {C}_{3}\hbox {N}_{4}\) and CdS. The enhanced photocatalytic activity could be attributed to the high separation efficiency of the photo-excited electron-hole pairs. A possible mechanism of the photocatalytic degradation of RhB on \(\hbox {C}_{3}\hbox {N}_{4}/\)CdS nanocomposites was also proposed.

Keywords

\(\hbox {C}_{3}\hbox {N}_{4}\) CdS photocatalytic nanocomposites 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • Qing Ying Liu
    • 1
  • Yi Ling Qi
    • 1
  • Yi Fan Zheng
    • 2
  • Xu Chun Song
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of ChemistryFujian Normal UniversityFuzhouPeople’s Republic of China
  2. 2.Research Center of Analysis and MeasurementZhejiang University of TechnologyHangzhouPeople’s Republic of China

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