Preparation of SnO2/Cu/PANI nanocomposites and photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B
Polyvinylpyrrolidone(PVP),cetyltrimethylammonium bromide(CTAB),and sodium dodecyl sulfate(SDS)were used as surfactants,SnO2/Cu/PANI nanocomposites with enhanced photocatalytic activity have been prepared by hydrothermal synthesis and in-situ oxidation methods.Using a 250 W ultraviolet lamp as the light source to degrade Rhodamine B(RhB),the photocatalytic activity of the prepared sample was evaluated.When the concentration of composite aniline was 20%,the degradation rate within 40 minutes was 98.8%,which was 3 times that of pure SnO2 and 5 times that of PANI,respectively.Composite aniline can improve the migration efficiency of charge carriers and reduce the recombination rate of photogenerated electron-hole pairs.The mechanism of photocatalytic degradation was determined by adding different types of sacrificial agents,and active holes(h+)and superoxide radicals(·O2-)are the main active substances in the photocatalytic degradation process.
SnO2/Cu/polyanilineComposite catalystPhotocatalysisDegradation of organic dye