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JOURNAL OF INORGANIC AND ORGANOMETALLIC POLYMERS AND MATERIALS
Volume 31, Issue 3, Pages 1102-1110Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10904-020-01752-x
Keywords
CdS nanoparticles; Sol-gel; Polyvinyl chloride PVC; Photocatalytic
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The study confirmed the formation of hexagonal-phase CdS nanoparticles in the PVC matrix with good optical properties and potential for photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue (MB).
This work investigates the preparation of cadmium sulfide nanoparticles (CdS) embedded in the polymeric polyvinylchloride (PVC) matrix. PVC/CdS nanocomposite films were prepared via sol-gel method with deposition by spin-coating on glass substrates. Effects of CdS nanoparticles on the structural, morphological, optical and photocatalytic properties of the synthetized nanocomposite were studied. Results of XRD and Raman analysis confirm the formation of CdS nanoparticles with hexagonal phase in the PVC matrix, with average crystallite size between 17 to 69 nm. The UV-vis spectroscopy reveals that the transmission is between 80 and 95% in the visible region, and a direct energy bandgap between 4.07 eV for 3.85 eV. The PL emission spectra indicate the interstitial cadmium defect states. In addition, the surface modifier (PVC) exert great influence not only on the optical performance of the particles themselves but also on the size distribution of the particle in the PVC matrix. The photocatalytic study shows a good potential of PVC/CdS nanocomposites films for MB degradation under UV light irradiation.
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