Journal
JOURNAL OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY
Volume 11, Issue 8, Pages 6959-6962Publisher
AMER SCIENTIFIC PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1166/jnn.2011.4253
Keywords
ZnIn2V2O9; Hydrogen; Sonochemistry; Photocatalyst and Nanocrystalline
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- Department of Information and Technology (DIT), New Delhi, India
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Hydrogen is a future fuel and hence production of cheap hydrogen is an important area of research. Recently, the photocatalysts were used to generate hydrogen from water and hydrogen sulfide splitting under solar light. Hence, we designed Zinc Indium Vanadate, a novel visible light active photocatalyst and used for the generation of hydrogen by using solar light. We have demonstrated the synthesis of ZnIn2V2O9 (ZIV) catalyst by sonochemical route using NH4VO3, In (NO3)(3) and Zn(CH3COO)(2) as a precursors and PVP as a capping agent. The obtained product was further characterized by XRD, UV-DRS and FESEM. The XRD pattern reveals the existence of monoclinic crystal structure and broader peaks indicating the nanocrystalline nature of the material. The particle size was observed in the range of 50-70 nm. The optical study showed the absorption edge cut off at 520 nm with estimated band gap about 2.3 eV. Considering the band gap in visible range, ZnIn2V2O9 was used as a photocatalyst for photodecomposition of H2S under visible light irradiation to produce hydrogen. We observed excellent photocatalytic activity for the hydrogen generation by using this photocatalyst.
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