This research prepared a TiO2, ZnS, and ZnS-TiO2 film on a carbon fiber, to produce TiO2/C-fiber, ZnS-C-fiber, and ZnS-TiO2/C-fiber by Chemical Bath Deposition (CBD). Results show that TiO2/C-fiber consist of anatase at 2θ 25.3 o and 54.6 o, rutile at 2θ 43.5 o and a carbon characteristic peak at 2θ of 24.5 o. Meanwhile, the characteristic peaks of ZnS on ZnS-TiO2/C-fiber present at 2θ of 27.91 o and 54.58 o. TiO2/C-fiber has a band gap energy of 3.60 eV, the ZnS/C-fiber of 3.73 eV; when those two catalyst combine, the gap energy is 3.15 eV indicating the interface charge transfer between ZnS-TiO2. Photocatalytic treatment of an isopropanol solution with TiO2/C-fiber as a catalyst and under UV light radiation present results peaks at 222- 224 nm and 265 nm, indicating the electronic transition of acetone. Meanwhile, the isopropanol degradation with ZnS-TiO2/C-fiber produced a new peak at 234-237 nm. The Quantum Yield, QY, of ZnS-TiO2/C-fiber is 6.96 x 10-4, higher than TiO2/C-fiber, i.e., 0.42 x 10-4. It indicates that ZnS provides a significant role in the photocatalytic activity through a red shift of light response and decreasing electron-hole recombination.
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