Facile Synthesis and Characterization of Zinc Tetranitro Phthalocyanine-MWCNTs Nanocomposites with Efficient Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity |
| Yi Wan a, Shuang Chen a, Guanqiu Wang b, Qian Liang a, Zhongyu Lia,b and Song Xu a
aJiangsu Key Laboratory of Advanced Catalytic Materials and Technology, School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, PR China bCollege of Hua Loogeng, Changzhou University, Changzhou 213164, PR China |
| Received: February 6, 2016; In final form: June 17, 2016 |
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| Novel zinc tetranitro-phthalocyanine (ZnTNPc) supported by multi-walled carbon nanotubes hybrid composites were facilely prepared by a method of ultrasonic impregnation and their photocatalysis behavior was studied. The as-prepared ZnTNPc-MWCNTs composites were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, diffuse reflectance spectra, transmission electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and the Fourier transform infrared spectra. The results showed that the ZnTNPc was not only grown on the multi-walled carbon nanotubes but also uniformly disturbed without aggregation. Compared with pure ZnTNPc and MWCNTs, ZnTNPc-MWCNTs nanocomposites presented a significantly enhanced photocatalytic activity for the degradation of rhodamine B under visible-light irradiation. Furthermore, a possible mechanism for the photodegradation of rhodamine B was also proposed. |
DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.130.785 PACS numbers: 78.67.Bf; 81.05.Zx; 81.07.Pr |