TY  - EJOU
AU  - Hao, G. 
AU  - Xuye, S. 
AU  - Tao, G. 
AU  - Lin, C. 

TI  - Photocatalytic properties of Cu<sub>2</sub>CdSnS<sub>4</sub>-CdS nanocomposites synthesized via solvothermal method
T2  - Chalcogenide Letters

PY  - 2024
VL  - 21
IS  - 6
SN  - 1584-8663

AB  - 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. 
KW  - Semiconductors
KW  -  Cu<sub>2</sub>CdSnS<sub>4</sub>
KW  -  CdS
KW  -  Nanocomposites
KW  -  Solvothermal
KW  -  Photocatalytic

DO  - 10.15251/CL.2024.216.475