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One dimension (1D) ordered titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanostructured photocatalysts sensitized by quantum dots (QDs) are fabricated. Their morphologies, crystal structures and photocatalytic properties are characterized by scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and ultraviolet-visible-near infrared (UV-vis-NIR) absorption spectroscopy, respectively. Compared with the original TiO2 nanostructure, the nanostructured TiO2 sensitized by QDs exhibits a good photocatalytic activity for the degradation of methyl orange (MO). The QDs with core-shell structure can reduce the photocatalytic ability due to the higher potential barrier of carrier transport in ZnS shell layer. The results indicate that the proposed photocatalyst shows promising potential for the application in organic dye degradation.
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This work has been supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (No. 61106059), the Encouragement Foundation for Excellent Middle-aged and Young Scientist of Shandong Province (Nos.BS2011NJ003 and BS2012CL005), and the Science-Technology Program of Higher Education Institutions of Shandong Province (No.J11LA10).
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Huang, Jz., Kuang, L., Liu, S. et al. Directly assembled quantum dots on one dimension ordered TiO2 nanostructure in aqueous solution for improving photocatalytic activity. Optoelectron. Lett. 9, 241–245 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11801-013-3025-3
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