• Journal of Inorganic Materials
  • Vol. 36, Issue 5, 507 (2021)
Xiang XIAO, Shaoke GUO, Cheng DING, Zhijie ZHANG*, Hairui HUANG, and Jiayue XU*
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  • School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai Institute of Technology, Shanghai 201418, China
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    DOI: 10.15541/jim20200358 Cite this Article
    Xiang XIAO, Shaoke GUO, Cheng DING, Zhijie ZHANG, Hairui HUANG, Jiayue XU. CsPbBr3@TiO2 Core-shell Structure Nanocomposite as Water Stable and Efficient Visible-light-driven Photocatalyst[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2021, 36(5): 507 Copy Citation Text show less

    Abstract

    The inherent poor stability of CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots (QDs) is the main impediment restricting their applications. In this work, a CsPbBr3@TiO2 core-shell structure nanocomposite with high water stability and efficient photocatalytic activity was fabricated through the hydrolysis of tetrabutyl titanate, followed by calcination. The as-prepared CsPbBr3 QDs have a size of ca. 8 nm, encapsulated by incompletely crystallized TiO2 protective layer with a thickness of ca. 20 nm. The photocatalytic performance of the CsPbBr3@TiO2 nanocomposite was investigated by degradation of Rhodamine B (RhB) in water under visible light irradiation. The result shows that the CsPbBr3@TiO2 nanocomposite exhibits much more enhanced photocatalytic activity than pure TiO2 and CsPbBr3 perovskite quantum dots. The photocurrent test results showed that the formation of the CsPbBr3@TiO2 heterostructure can promote the separation of photogenerated carriers, which led to the improvement of photocatalytic performance of the composite material. More importantly, TiO2 can act as a protective layer to separate CsPbBr3 from water, which brings about the high water stability of the CsPbBr3@TiO2 nanocomposite. After photocatalytic degradation of pollutants, the recovered CsPbBr3@TiO2 nanocomposite retained its original morphology, luminescent and photocatalytic properties.
    Xiang XIAO, Shaoke GUO, Cheng DING, Zhijie ZHANG, Hairui HUANG, Jiayue XU. CsPbBr3@TiO2 Core-shell Structure Nanocomposite as Water Stable and Efficient Visible-light-driven Photocatalyst[J]. Journal of Inorganic Materials, 2021, 36(5): 507
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