Journal of Nanomaterials & Molecular NanotechnologyISSN: 2324-8777

All submissions of the EM system will be redirected to Online Manuscript Submission System. Authors are requested to submit articles directly to Online Manuscript Submission System of respective journal.

Research Article, J Nanomater Mol Nanotechnol Vol: 1 Issue: 2

Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of Polyvinylpyrrolidone Assisted Microwave Hydrothermal Grown Tin Oxide Photocatalysts

Zhenfeng Zhu1*, Jiaqi Zhou1, Hui Liu1, Zuoli He2 and Xiaofeng Wang1
1Department of Chemistry and Laboratory for Emerging Materials and Technology, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634, USA
2Department of Biology and Chemistry, City University of Hong Kong, Kowloon, Hong Kong SAR, China
3Fuels and Energy Branch, Propulsion Directorate, Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio 45433, USA
Corresponding author : Zhenfeng Zhu, PhD
School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shaanxi University of Science and Technology, Xi’an 710021, Shaanxi, P. R. China
Tel: +86-29-86168331; Fax: +86-29-86168331
E-mail: zhuzf@sust.edu.cn, nmlab@sust.edu.cn
Received: October 27, 2012 Accepted: December 11, 2012 Published: December 17, 2012
Citation: Zhu Z, Zhou J, Liu H, He Z, Wang X (2012) Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of Polyvinylpyrrolidone Assisted Microwave Hydrothermal Grown Tin Oxide Photocatalysts. J Nanomater Mol Nanotechnol 1:2. doi:10.4172/2324-8777.1000103

Abstract

Enhanced Photocatalytic Activity of Polyvinylpyrrolidone Assisted Microwave Hydrothermal Grown Tin Oxide Photocatalysts

Pure and well mono-dispersed SnO2 nanoparticles were synthesized by a microwave assisted hydrothermal method, where polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) was used as a surfactant and SnCl2.2H2O, as tin source. The structure and surface morphology of as-obtained products were well characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscope and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The results show that the particle size of SnO2 nanoparticles is about 200-300 nm and there are many small prisms grown on SnO2 nanoparticles surface.

Keywords: SnO2; Nanoparticles; PVP; Photocatalytic; Microwave hydrothermal

international publisher, scitechnol, subscription journals, subscription, international, publisher, science

Track Your Manuscript

Awards Nomination

Associations

open access