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Method of chemical precipitation from aqueous solutions was used to cover the surface of polycrystalline ZnO nanotubes with a nanostructured CdS layer. The thus synthesized CdS/ZnO composite material was studied by the methods of X-ray diffraction analysis, electron microscopy, and optical spectroscopy. The fundamental time-related aspects of the process of CdS formation on the ZnO surface were examined. It was found that the amount of deposited CdS nanoparticles is independent of the deposition duration. The morphological specific features of ZnO nanotubes are preserved upon a prolonged keeping of ZnO in solution. The photocatalytic activity of CdS/ZnO under visible and UV light was examined in the reaction of hydroquinone oxidation. A possible mechanism of how the CdS/ZnO composite is formed in an aqueous solution in the course of growth of a layer constituted by CdS nanoparticles on the surface of ZnO nanotubes is suggested on the basis of the experimental data. It is demonstrated that the chemical-precipitation method can be used to obtain surface-active composite materials that are photoactive in the visible spectral range.
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Original Russian Text © N.S. Kozhevnikova, O.I. Gyrdasova, I.V. Baklanova, L.Yu. Buldakova, M.Yu. Yanchenko, A.S. Vorokh, 2018, published in Zhurnal Prikladnoi Khimii, 2018, Vol. 91, No. 3, pp. 417−425.
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Kozhevnikova, N.S., Gyrdasova, O.I., Baklanova, I.V. et al. Surface-Modified CdS/ZnO Material: Single-Reactor Synthesis and Mechanism of Formation in Aqueous Solution. Russ J Appl Chem 91, 454–462 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1070427218030187
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