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Solid-Phase Synthesis and Photocatalytic Property of Sulfur and Nickel Doped Tin Oxide Powder Materials by Isomeric Surfactant as Template

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Nickel and sulfur-doped tin oxide powder materials were successfully prepared by a simple solid-state reaction method at low temperature using 2,4-dimethylbenzenesulfonic acid sodium (MSDS) and sodium xylenesulfonate (SXS) isomeric surfactants as templates. The synthesized powder materials were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV–Vis diffuse reflectance spectrum (DRS UV–Vis), scanning electron microscopy (SEM)/energy dispersive X-ray (EDX), infrared spectroscopy (IR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), and the zetapotential and particle size distribution of the powder materials in solution were tested. The results show that the doping of S and Ni improves the absorption intensity of the materials in the UV–Vis region, and forming the p-n heterojunction of NiO/SnO2, as well as changing the relative diffraction intensity (I101/I110). SXS is beneficial to the doping of S and the formation of NiII and SIV, while MSDS is more favorable for the doping of Ni and the formation of NiIII and SVI ions during the process of calcination at 500 °C. The nickel single-doped and sulfur–nickel double-doped SnO2 powder materials with MSDS are more stable in the photocatalytic system than that with SXS, and exhibit high photocatalytic activity for methyl blue under UV-light irradiation, within 40 min and at 27 °C, the photodegradation rate (98.57%) of Ni–S–SnO2–MSDS is the highest than others, which is mainly derived from the obvious steric hindrance effect of MSDS and the results of the synergistic photocatalystic degradation of the multi-element.

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This project was supported by Hunan Province Cooperative Innovation Center for the Construction and Development of Dongting Lake Economic Zone, and Key Research Project of Hunan Provincial Department of Education (17A145). Hunan University of Arts and Science Doctoral Research Foundation (E3127).

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Shao-you, L., Yuan-dao, C., Cheng-gang, Z. et al. Solid-Phase Synthesis and Photocatalytic Property of Sulfur and Nickel Doped Tin Oxide Powder Materials by Isomeric Surfactant as Template. J Inorg Organomet Polym 30, 457–468 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10904-019-01204-1

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