@Article{CL.2024.216.475,
AUTHOR = {G. Hao, S. Xuye, G. Tao, C. Lin},
TITLE = {Photocatalytic properties of Cu<sub>2</sub>CdSnS<sub>4</sub>-CdS nanocomposites synthesized via solvothermal method},
JOURNAL = {Chalcogenide Letters},
VOLUME = {21},
YEAR = {2024},
NUMBER = {6},
PAGES = {475--482},
URL = {http://www.techscience.com/CL/v21n6/64957},
ISSN = {1584-8663},
ABSTRACT = {Cu<sub>2</sub>CdSnS<sub>4</sub>-CdS nanocomposites are successfully prepared via a two-step solvothermal 
approach. Powder X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscope (SEM), 
Photoluminescence (PL) spectroscopy and UV-Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy are 
used to characterized the Cu<sub>2</sub>CdSnS<sub>4</sub>-CdS nanocomposites. The results show that 
Cu<sub>2</sub>CdSnS<sub>4</sub>-CdS nanocomposites present nanoflower structure self-assembling by 
nanosheets with a thickness of ~50nm and spheroid structure with the average size of 
100nm. The band gap is calculated to be 1.5eV. The photodegradation efficiency under 
visible-light irradiation is reached to 94%, the work provide a new strategy to prepare 
Cu<sub>2</sub>CdSnS<sub>4</sub>-CdS nanocomposites for high effective visible-light photocatalytic material. },
DOI = {10.15251/CL.2024.216.475}
}