One-Pot Synthesis of Cu2ZnSnSe4 Nanoplates and their Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity

Zhenzhen Han; Nan Li; Aihua Shi; Haohua Wang; Feng Ma; Yi Lv; Rongqian Wu

doi:10.1186/s11671-017-2428-7

One-Pot Synthesis of Cu₂ZnSnSe₄ Nanoplates and their Visible-Light-Driven Photocatalytic Activity

Nanoscale Res Lett. 2018 Jan 10;13(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s11671-017-2428-7.

Authors

Zhenzhen Han¹, Nan Li², Aihua Shi², Haohua Wang², Feng Ma², Yi Lv², Rongqian Wu³

Affiliations

¹ Shaanxi Provincial Center for Regenerative Medicine and Surgical Engineering, Institute of Advanced Surgical Technology and Engineering, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 76 West Yanta Road, P.O. Box 124, Xi'an, Shaanxi province, 710061, China. [email protected].
² Shaanxi Provincial Center for Regenerative Medicine and Surgical Engineering, Institute of Advanced Surgical Technology and Engineering, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 76 West Yanta Road, P.O. Box 124, Xi'an, Shaanxi province, 710061, China.
³ Shaanxi Provincial Center for Regenerative Medicine and Surgical Engineering, Institute of Advanced Surgical Technology and Engineering, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, 76 West Yanta Road, P.O. Box 124, Xi'an, Shaanxi province, 710061, China. [email protected].

Abstract

A SeO₂ ethanol solution as the facile precursor has been used for the preparation of quaternary Cu₂ZnSnSe₄ (CZTSe) nanoplates. Monodispersed single-phase CZTSe nanoplates have been prepared successfully by a facile one-pot thermal chemical method. The as-prepared CZTSe nanoplates show uniform morphology with a bandgap of ~ 1.4 eV. As a proof of concept, the CZTSe nanoplates have been used as a visible-light-driven photocatalyst for Rhodamine B dye degradation and show high photocatalytic activity and stability. The excellent dye removal is mainly ascribed to the efficient light utilization of CZTSe nanoplates.

Keywords: Cu2ZnSnSe4 nanoplates; One-pot thermal chemical method; Photocatalysis.

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