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Investigating the effect of MoS2–SnS2 heterojunction to enhance the decomposition of organic pollutants under visible light irradiation

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In this study, the MoS2–SnS2 heterojunctions were prepared by a hydrothermal and studied their basic properties. The prepared catalyst’s crystal structure, chemical composition, optical properties and morphological analysis were analyzed through XRD, XPS, SEM, TEM, UV–Vis DRS and PL analysis. The photocatalytic performance of the synthesized catalyst was assessed with Methylene Blue (MB). The MoS2–SnS2 heterojunctions exhibited superior photocatalytic efficacy, achieving an efficiency of 96.7%, outperforming both MoS2 (82.7%) and SnS2 (43.8%). Moreover, the MoS2–SnS2 heterojunction displayed the highest photodegradation efficiency (expressed as Kapp) with a rate constant of 0.0344, in contrast to MoS2 (0.0185) and SnS2 (0.0060). The enhancement can be ascribed to a synergistic impact that substantially diminishes the recombination of electrons and holes generated by light, simultaneously enhancing the absorption of visible light. Further, the stability of MoS2–SnS2 heterojunction catalysts was performed by five consequent cycles, where MoS2–SnS2 heterojunction shows excellent stability after five cycles. Then, the possible MoS2–SnS2 heterojunction photocatalytic reaction mechanism was explained based on the catalytic experimental results. The current study was demonstrated that the MoS2–SnS2 heterojunction promising material for future photocatalysts.

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  1. Department of Chemistry, K.S. Rangasamy College of Technology, Tiruchengode, Tamil Nadu, 637 215, India

    K. Tamilarasu

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi, Pathum Thani, 12110, Thailand

    R. Ranjith & R. Thammasak

  3. Department of Energy Science and Technology, Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, 636011, India

    P. Maadeswaran

  4. Department of Physics, Periyar University, Salem, Tamil Nadu, 636011, India

    K. Tamilarasu & R. Ramesh

  5. Department of Chemistry, College of Science, King Saud University, P.O. Box 2455, 11451, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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  6. Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Ohio State University, 170A CBEC, 151 Woodruff Avenue, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA

    Perumal Karthikeyan

  7. Department of Chemistry, Government Arts College (Autonomous), Salem, Tamil Nadu, 636 007, India

    C. Umarani

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K. Tamilarasu: investigation, methodology, writing-original draft, software. R. Ranjith: review & editing, validation, validation; software; P. Maadeswaran: investigation, writing-original draft, formal analysis. R. Ramesh: writing—review & editing, formal analysis. R. Thammasak: investigation, writing-original draft, formal analysis, visualization. Govindasami Periyasami: conceptualization, formal analysis, writing—review & editing. Perumal Karthikeyan: investigation, formal analysis, writing. C. Umarani: investigation, methodology, writing-original draft, formal analysis.

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Tamilarasu, K., Ranjith, R., Maadeswaran, P. et al. Investigating the effect of MoS2–SnS2 heterojunction to enhance the decomposition of organic pollutants under visible light irradiation. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 35, 607 (2024). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-024-12336-7

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