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Studies of photo-induced charge transfer properties of ZnWO 4 photocatalyst

  • Dongqing He
  • , Xiaoru Zhang
  • , Tengfeng Xie*
  • , Jiali Zhai
  • , Haiyan Li
  • , Liping Chen
  • , Linlin Peng
  • , Yu Zhang
  • , Tengfei Jiang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • College of Chemistry

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Abstract

Different sizes of ZnWO 4 photocatalysts were synthesized by a hydrothermal method. The as-prepared sample shows highly efficient photocatalytic activity for the degradation of RhB under UV irradiation, which significantly vary with the increase of the hydrothermal temperatures. Surface photovoltage spectrum (SPS), field-induced surface photovoltage spectrum (FI-SPS) and surface photovoltage transient (TPV) techniques are used to investigate the detailed photoinduced charge transfer behavior. Results indicate that the ZnWO 4 synthesized at 413 K possess the largest BET surface area and the abundant donor surface states which are assumed to inhibit the recombination of the photogenerated electron-hole pairs, and thus a significant enhancement in the reaction rate is observed.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)2327-2331
Number of pages5
JournalApplied Surface Science
Volume257
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2011
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Surface photovoltage
  • Surface states
  • Transient photovoltage

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