Various potassium niobate (KNbO3) nanostructures, including nanowires, nanotowers, nanocubes and nanorods, were successfully fabricated through rather facile hydrothermal processes. By adjusting the concentration of potassium hydroxide, reaction temperature and reaction time, the product morphologies can be easily controlled. High crystallinity as well as the active (001) crystal plane exposed on KNbO3 nanocrystals offer enhanced photocatalytic activity for rhodamine B decomposition in aqueous solutions under UV-visible light irradiation. The level of photocatalytic activity depends strongly on the microstructure of KNbO3 and the photoreactivity towards RhB degradation follows the order of KNbO3 nanocubes > nanowires > nanorods > nanotowers. The KNbO3 nanocubes prepared at 200 °C for 7 days in the presence of 6.5 M KOH exhibited the enhanced photocatalytic performance for the degradation of RhB to 89% after 240 min of irradiation under a sunlight simulator.
各种
铌酸
钾(
KNbO3)纳米结构,包括纳米线、纳米塔、纳米立方体和纳米棒,都是通过相当简便的
水热法工艺成功制备的。通过调节
氢氧化钾的浓度、反应温度和反应时间,可以轻松控制产物的形态。在紫外可见光照射下, 纳米晶体的高结晶度和活性(001)晶面可增强其在
水溶液中分解
罗丹明 B 的光催化活性。光催化活性的高低在很大程度上取决于 的微观结构,其降解
罗丹明 B 的光活性依次为 纳米立方体 > 纳米线 > 纳米棒 > 纳米塔。在 6.5 M KOH 的存在下,于 200 °C 制备 7 天的 纳米立方体在太阳光模拟器下照射 240 分钟后,其降解 RhB 的光催化性能增强至 89%。