Synthesis of unique-morphological hollow microspheres of MoS2@montmorillonite nanosheets for the enhancement of photocatalytic activity and cycle stability

doi:10.1016/j.jmst.2019.09.021

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In this work, MoS₂@montmorillonite nanosheets hollow microspheres (MoS₂@MMTNS-HMS) with a novel morphology structure was successfully synthesized through loading MoS₂ to the surface of MMTNS-HMS via hydrothermal method. The novel material has been characterized through the measurements of SEM, TEM, Raman spectra and UV-vis absorption spectra. The results have shown that MoS₂@MMTNS-HMS emerges higher light-utilization efficiency, density of edge active sites and separation of photoelectrons, owing to its unique hollow structure, vertically-aligned MoS₂ nanosheets, which greatly enhances its photocatalytic activity. Furthermore, the cycle stability of MoS₂@MMTNS-HMS is much higher than that of pristine MoS₂, which is attributed to that MMTNS-HMS greatly inhibits the oxidation of MoS₂ during photocatalytic. MoS₂@MMTNS-HMS could be a promising photocatalyst for the applications in the elimination of organic pollutants.

Key words: MoS₂, Montmorillonite, Hollow microsphere, Photocatalytic, Methyl orange

Peng Chen, Shilin Zeng, Yunliang Zhao, Shichang Kang, Tingting Zhang, Shaoxian Song. Synthesis of unique-morphological hollow microspheres of MoS₂@montmorillonite nanosheets for the enhancement of photocatalytic activity and cycle stability[J]. J. Mater. Sci. Technol., 2020, 41: 88-97.

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Fig. 1. Schematic illustration of the route for preparing MoS2@MMTNS-HMS.

Fig. 2. (a) Typical AFM morphology image (4 × 4 μm, 512 pixels) of the prepared MMTNS; (b) Topographic profile along the red line in the corresponding image; (c) SEM and (d) TEM images of MMTNS-HMS.

Fig. 3. (a) XRD pattern and (b) XPS survey spectra of MoS2, MoS2@MMTNS-HMS and MMTNS; High-resolution scans for (c) Mo 3d and (d) S 2p electrons of MoS2@MMTNS-HMS (above) and pristine MoS2 (below).

Fig. 4. SEM images of pristine MoS2 (a, b) and MoS2@MMTNS-HMS (c, d) with different magnification; (e) Schematic illustration of the light-utilization process of pristine MoS2 and MoS2@MMTNS-HMS.

Fig. 5. TEM images of pristine MoS2 (a)-(c) and MoS2@MMTNS-HMS (d)-(f) with different magnification.

Fig. 6. (a) Raman spectra of pristine MoS2 and MoS2@MMTNS-HMS; (b) N2 adsorption-desorption isotherm curves of MoS2 and MoS2@MMTNS-HMS.

Fig. 7. UV-vis absorption spectra of MoS2, MoS2@MMTNS-HMS and MMTNS.

Fig. 8. (a) Degradation of MO with different samples; (b) First-order kinetics plot for the degradation of MO, for all samples; (c) Effect of the content of MMTNS-HMS on the degradation performance of MoS2@MMTNS-HMS; (d) First-order kinetics plot for the degradation of MO by MoS2@MMTNS-HMS with different MMTNS-HMS content.

Fig. 9. Cycling runs for the degradation of MO in the presence of MoS2@MMTNS-HMS under visible-light irradiation.

Fig. 10. SEM images of (a) MoS2@MMTNS-HMS and (b) pristine MoS2 after cycling runs; TEM images of (c) MoS2@MMTNS-HMS and (d) pristine MoS2 after cycling runs.

Fig. 11. (a) XRD pattern and (b) Raman spectroscopy of MoS2@MMTNS-HMS and pristine MoS2 after cycling runs.

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