Enhancing Photocatalytic Pollutant Degradation through S-Scheme Electron Transfer and Sulfur Vacancies in BiFeO3/ZnIn2S4 Heterojunctions
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Materials
2.1.1. Synthesis of Pure BiFeO3
2.1.2. Synthesis of Pure ZnIn2S4
2.1.3. Synthesis of BiFeO3/ZnIn2S4 Heterojunction
2.1.4. Simulation of the Degradation of Contaminated Water
2.2. Characterization
3. Results
4. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Zheng, G.-G.; Lin, X.; Wen, Z.-X.; Ding, Y.-H.; Yun, R.-H.; Sharma, G.; Kumar, A.; Stadler, F.J. Enhancing Photocatalytic Pollutant Degradation through S-Scheme Electron Transfer and Sulfur Vacancies in BiFeO3/ZnIn2S4 Heterojunctions. J. Compos. Sci. 2023, 7, 280. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs7070280
Zheng G-G, Lin X, Wen Z-X, Ding Y-H, Yun R-H, Sharma G, Kumar A, Stadler FJ. Enhancing Photocatalytic Pollutant Degradation through S-Scheme Electron Transfer and Sulfur Vacancies in BiFeO3/ZnIn2S4 Heterojunctions. Journal of Composites Science. 2023; 7(7):280. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs7070280
Chicago/Turabian StyleZheng, Ge-Ge, Xin Lin, Zhen-Xing Wen, Yu-Hao Ding, Rui-Hui Yun, Gaurav Sharma, Amit Kumar, and Florian J. Stadler. 2023. "Enhancing Photocatalytic Pollutant Degradation through S-Scheme Electron Transfer and Sulfur Vacancies in BiFeO3/ZnIn2S4 Heterojunctions" Journal of Composites Science 7, no. 7: 280. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcs7070280