Excellent synergistic effect of adsorption and photocatalytic degradation from the novel Cu3SnS4@C nano-heterostructure

Rapid Microwave-Assisted Synthesis of Fe3O4/SiO2/TiO2 Core-2-Layer-Shell Nanocomposite for Photocatalytic Degradation of Ciprofloxacin

“…Prior to the photocatalytic degradation of CIP in an aqueous solution, adsorption tests were conducted to evaluate the adsorption kinetics [39,40]. The obtained results after 120 min of stirring in the dark with the synthesized photocatalyst are shown in Figure 5.…”

“…In order to prevent the unwanted iron leaching, inserting a buffer-protective silica shell layer between the magnetite core and the outer titania shell should mitigate the mentioned electron transfer. Some photocatalysts have also shown favorable adsorption behavior in addition to photocatalytic degradation performance, for example in the case of rhodamine dye degradation by BiVO 4 [36], remazol brilliant blue dye by N-TiO 2 [37], methylene blue by the ternary MgFe 2 O 4 -TiO 2 NPs@GO nanocomposite [38], ciprofloxacin (CIP) by the ternary BiOCl/CQDs/rGO photocatalyst [39], and methyl orange by nano-heterostructure CTS@C [40]. According to the available literature, the adsorption and photocatalytic behavior of the core-shell Fe 3 O 4 /SiO 2 /TiO 2 nanocomposite, with respect to the possible synergistic performance, has not been investigated so far.…”

Iron alloying improved electrocatalytic activity of Cu2Cu1−xFexSnS4 counter electrodes in dye-sensitized solar cells

“…Cu 3 SnS 4 (CTS) is a P-type semiconductor with an optical bandgap of 1.2 to 1.7 eV [30][31][32][33][34], and has a high light absorption coe cient in a wide waveband ranging from UV to near-infrared [35,36]. CTS has been studied in elds including photocatalytic degradation [37][38][39][40], photocatalytic hydrogen evolution reaction [40][41][42], gas sensor [43], thermoelectric conversion [44]. A few reports on CTS as CEs for DSSCs have been found.…”