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Preparation of ZnS nanofibers by electrospinning and their photocatalytic properties

GUANGQING GAI1,2, XIANGTING DONG1,* , LIYAN WANG2, XUE PAN1, XUESONG CHEN1

Affiliation

  1. School of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Changchun University of Science and Technology, Changchun130022, China
  2. Jilin Institute of Architectural and Civil Engineering,Changchun130118, China

Abstract

ZnS nano fibers have been successfully prepared by electrospinning technique. The formation of ZnS nanofibers was carried out by reacting CS2 with Zn O nanofibers. ZnO nanofibers were synthesized by calcining PVP/Zn(NO 3 2 precursor composite nanofibers which were fabricated by electrospinning technique. The obtained products were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD) field emissions canning electron microscopy (FESEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) respectively. XRD analyses revealed that the pure ZnS nanofibers with hexagonal crystal system were obtained. SEM images indicated that the surface of the ZnO nanofibers b ecame coarser than that of PVP/ Zn(NO 3 2 com posite nanofibers, and the average diameter of ZnS nanofibers was 200±79nm and showed good fibrous morphology. The synthesis of PVP/Zn(NO 3 2 composite nanofibers, ZnO nanofibers and ZnS nanofibers were further confirmed by EDS. In addition, the photocatalytic property of ZnS nanofibers was investigated by ultraviolet and visible (UV vis absorption spectra. The results showed that the photocatalytic degradation effect of ZnS nanofibers on rhodamine B (was better than that of ZnO nan ofibers, and the photocatalytic degradation rate reached up to 98.8% after UV irradiation for 60min. Therefore the prepared ZnS nanofibers had outstanding photocatalytic property..

Keywords

ZnS nanofib ers Electrospinning, Photocataly sis.

Citation

GUANGQING GAI, XIANGTING DONG, LIYAN WANG, XUE PAN, XUESONG CHEN, Preparation of ZnS nanofibers by electrospinning and their photocatalytic properties, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 6, 5-6, May-June 2012, pp.568-572 (2012).

Submitted at: March 2, 2012

Accepted at: June 6, 2012