Hydrothermal Synthesis and Visible Light Photocatalytic Properties of Self-Doped SnO2 Microspheres

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Abstract: In this study, the microspheres assembled from SnO₂ nanocrystals with abundant oxygen vacancies were synthesized by hydrothermal method using citric acid as a chelating agent and controlling the molar ratio of Sn⁴⁺/Sn²⁺. The SnO₂ nano-microspheres were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), Fourier infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The results show that under the acidic hydrothermal conditions and the chelating effect of citric acid, the tin dioxide nanocrystals aggregate to form microspheres; at a Sn⁴⁺/Sn²⁺ molar ratio of 3:7, the size of the microspheres is the smallest and the overall dispersion is good. The presence of the oxygen vacancies will extend the light absorption range to visible light; thus, the sample shows a strong visible light catalytic efficiency and complete degradation of methyl orange within 8 min.

Key words: SnO₂, oxygen vacancy, photocatalysis, hydrothermal method, self doping, visible light

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LIU Quan, ZHAN Hongquan, YUAN Menglei, LI Fu, XIE Zhipeng, WANG Chang'an. Hydrothermal Synthesis and Visible Light Photocatalytic Properties of Self-Doped SnO₂ Microspheres[J]. JOURNAL OF SYNTHETIC CRYSTALS, 2022, 51(1): 139-147.

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