
Scientific Reports, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 15(1)
Published: May 24, 2025
Environmental pollution caused by industrial waste is an increasing concern, and the design development of efficient photocatalysts offer promising approaches to address this issue. A series novel Zn0.6Cd0.4S/ZnO/g-C3N4 composites were prepared through a calcination‒hydrothermal method. Under visible light, these materials demonstrated exceptional performance in photodegradation methylene blue (MB), rhodamine B (RhB), tetracycline (TC). Among composite materials, Z0.6C0.4S/ZnO/CN-35% exhibited highest degradation efficiencies for MB (98.52%), RhB (99.45%), TC (98.20%), demonstrating excellent reusability as well. The photocatalytic catalysts was assessed across various water sources different pH conditions. findings revealed that efficiency contaminants seawater, lake water, tap closely mirrored observed deionized suggesting wide adaptability among aqueous solutions. can be attributed primarily separation migration holes (h+) electrons (e-) via well-contacted interfaces. Free radical capture experiments confirmed hydroxyl radicals (·OH) superoxide ion (·O2-) play crucial roles reaction process. mechanism also density functional theory (DFT) calculations. This work introduced innovative strategy fabricate photocatalysts, emphasizing their extensive applications from both theoretical experimental aspects.
Language: Английский