A GeSe micro air brick crystal-based film for the sunlight photodegradation of dye-polluted waters. Issue 4 (20th January 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Wang, Chenyang; Wang, Kang; Huang, Dingwang; Li, Lintao; Feng, Kuang; Abdel Ghany, Nabil Ahmed; Zhao, Lingzhi; Jiang, Feng
• Is Part Of: CrystEngComm. Volume 23:Issue 4(2021)
• Page Start: 762
• Page End: 768
• Publication Date: 2021-01-20
• Subjects: Crystals -- Periodicals; Crystal growth -- Periodicals; Crystallography -- Periodicals; Cristaux -- Périodiques; Cristaux -- Croissance -- Périodiques; Cristallographie -- Périodiques; 548
• DOI: 10.1039/d0ce01684e
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1466-8033

Abstract

Abstract : Pinkish purple rhodamine B polluted water was efficiently photodegraded into colorless by the GeSe MAB crystal-based film under sunlight irradiation. Abstract : In this study, for the first time, a GeSe micro air brick (MAB) crystal-based film was applied to the photodegradation of rhodamine B (RhB) dye in polluted water under visible light irradiation. Moreover, the RhB photodegradation performance of the GeSe MAB crystal-based film was systematically studied. In contrast to the GeSe powder, the GeSe MAB crystal-based film exhibited a superior RhB photodegradation efficiency due to the lower light reflection efficiency of the MAB crystal film structure. The best RhB photodegradation efficiency of 93.7% was achieved under 2 h of solar light irradiation, attributed to the synergistic effects of the surface morphology of GeSe MAB crystals.