STABILITY OF ZNO PARTICLES IN AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS UNDER UV ILLUMINATION
STABILITY OF ZNO PARTICLES IN AQUEOUS SUSPENSIONS UNDER UV ILLUMINATION
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DOI:
10.1021/j100278a031
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发表时间:
1986-03-13
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通讯作者:
PRIETO, A
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作者:
DOMENECH, J;PRIETO, A
Results In the dark, some dissolution of ZnO in stirred aqueous sus-pensions (0.25 g per 30 mL of water, pH 6.5) was noted, yielding an equilibrium concentration of Zn (II) of 0.05 mM (Figure 1). A greater concentration of Zn (II) was found when the samples were illuminated. The Zn (II) concentration increases with in-creasing irradiation time (Figure 1). On the other hand, formation of H202 in the irradiated suspensions was detected. Thequantity of H202 produced increases with increasing irradiation time, attaining a limiting concentration of about 0.05 mM after 5 min of illumination. Photodecomposition of ZnO was also detected in the absence of oxygen, by bubbling nitrogen through the suspension. Under these conditions, no traces of H202 were detected. At pH 10, no photocorrosion of ZnO takes place. In this case, an equilibrium concentration of approximately 0.01 mM for Zn (II) was determined, which certainly corresponds to the dark chemical attack. At acid pH, lower than 4.5, the dissolution of ZnO is complete even in the dark. It was observed that the concentration of Zn (II) in solution augments with increasing mass of semiconductor. However, the initial rate of the semiconductor photodecomposition (d [Zn-(II)]/dr) is independent of the mass of ZnO in the suspension. The presence in solution of redox species which, in principle, can react more efficiently with the photogenerated holes of the semiconductor particlewill prevent the photooxidation of the semiconductor. With this in mind, the stability of ZnO particles in aqueous suspensions under illumination in the presence of Cl™, Br™, I™, and CH3COO~ ions was investigated. The concentration of Zn (II) as a function of irradiation timein the presence of the different anions in solution at a concentration of 0.1 M is shown in Figure 2. At a given irradiation time, the stability of ZnO