title: Hydrothermal growth of TiO2 nanowire membranes sensitized with CdS quantum dots for the enhancement of photocatalytic performance.
abstract: In this paper, TiO2 nanowires (NWs) on Ti foils were prepared using a simple hydrothermal approach and annealing treatment. CdS quantum dots (QDs) were assembled onto the crystallized TiO2 NWs by sequential chemical bath deposition. Ultraviolet-visible absorption spectra showed that CdS adds bands in the visible to the TiO2 absorption and exhibited a broad absorption band in the visible region, which extended the scope of absorption spectrum and helped improve the photocatalytic degradation efficiency. The results of photocatalytic experiment revealed that CdS-TiO2 NWs possessed higher photocatalytic activities toward methyl orange than pure TiO2 nanowires. The degradation efficiency of 96.32% after ten cycles indicated that the as-prepared CdS-TiO2 composite exhibited excellent long-time recyclable ability and can be reused for the degradation of contaminants.
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Materials Science, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, People's Republic of China ; School of Science, Anhui University of Science and Technology, Huainan 232001, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Materials Science, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Lili
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Materials Science, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Wenjian
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Materials Science, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Peng
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Materials Science, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Xinxin
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Materials Science, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Mingzai
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: School of Physics and Materials Science, Anhui University, Hefei 230039, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Guang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li
keywords: CdS-TiO2 NWs; Hydrothermal; Photocatalytic activity; S-CBD