Sr1−xBaxSnO3 system applied in the photocatalytic discoloration of an azo-dye

Autor: Sophie Ollivier, Maryline Guilloux-Viry, Stéphanie Députier, Antonio G. Souza, Ieda M. G. Santos, Francis Gouttefangeas, Valérie Bouquet, Vincent Dorcet, Herbet Bezerra Sales, Ingrid Távora Weber
Přispěvatelé: LACOM/INCTM, Universidade Federal da Paraiba (UFPB), Institut des Sciences Chimiques de Rennes (ISCR), Université de Rennes (UR)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), LIMA, Instituto de Química (LIMA), Universidade de Brasilia [Brasília] (UnB), The authors acknowledge CAPES-COFECUB (Project 644/09), INCT/CNPq/MCT, RECAM/CNPq/MCT and PROINFRA/FINEP/MCT for financial support, J. Le Lannic for SEM images at CMEBA of University of Rennes and Marwène Oumezzine for his help in the Rietveld refinements., Université de Rennes 1 (UR1), Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées - Rennes (INSA Rennes), Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Université de Rennes (UNIV-RENNES)-Institut National des Sciences Appliquées (INSA)-Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Chimie de Rennes (ENSCR)-Institut de Chimie du CNRS (INC)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Rok vydání: 2014
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Zdroj: Solid State Sciences
Solid State Sciences, 2014, 28, pp.67-73. ⟨10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2013.12.007⟩
Solid State Sciences, Elsevier, 2014, 28, pp.67-73. ⟨10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2013.12.007⟩
ISSN: 1293-2558
DOI: 10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2013.12.007
Popis: International audience; Semiconductor materials have received substantial attention as photocatalysts for controlling water pollution. Among these materials, perovskite-structured SrSnO3 is a promising candidate for this application, whereas BaSnO3 exhibits very low activity. In the present work, Sr1−xBaxSnO3 (x = 0, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75 and 1) was synthesized by solid-state reaction and was applied in the photocatalytic discoloration of the organic dye Remazol Golden Yellow. The perovskite structure was obtained for all compositions of the solid solutions with both Sr2+ and Ba2+ present in the lattice. A remarkable change in the short-range symmetry was observed as the amount of Ba2+ increased, and this change led to a decrease in the band gap of the material. Although the BaSnO3 was not active toward water photolysis, the discoloration induced by this perovskite was twice that induced by SrSnO3. The two materials appear to feature different mechanisms of photodegradation: the direct mechanism prevails in the case of BaSnO3, whereas the indirect mechanism appears to play a key role in the case of SrSnO3.
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