Study of the photocatalytic properties of bio-mimicked hollow SnO2 microstructures synthesized with Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. (kapok) as a natural template

Young Jin Kim; Xing Xing; Do-Young Choi; Cheol-Ho Hwang; Chulmin Choi; Gunwoo Kim; Sungho Jin; Kyung-Jun Hwang; Ju-Young Park

doi:10.1039/C5NJ01375E

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Study of the photocatalytic properties of bio-mimicked hollow SnO₂ microstructures synthesized with Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. (kapok) as a natural template†

Young Jin Kim,‡^a Xing Xing,‡^b Do-Young Choi,^c Cheol-Ho Hwang,^d Chulmin Choi,^e Gunwoo Kim,^a Sungho Jin,^ae Kyung-Jun Hwang*^ef and Ju-Young Park*^g

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^a Materials Science and Engineering, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
E-mail: yjk019@ucsd.edu, sjin@ucsd.edu

^b Department of Nanoengineering, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
E-mail: x1xing@eng.ucsd.edu

^c KHT Engineering Co., Ltd, Gunpo-si 435-833, South Korea
E-mail: tenstone@hanmail.net

^d International Climate and Environment Center, Gwangju 502-861, South Korea
E-mail: cheolhoh@hanmail.net

^e Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
E-mail: kyhwang@ucsd.edu, cnchoi@eng.ucsd.edu, gunwoo@ucsd.edu

^f Advanced Materials and Strategic Planning Division, Cheorwon-gun 269-802, South Korea
E-mail: kjhwang@cpri.re.kr

^g Green Energy Institute, Mokpo-Si 530-400, Republic of Korea
E-mail: juyoungpark@gei.re.kr

Abstract

Hollow SnO₂ microstructures (HSM) with a mesoporous surface have been simply fabricated by a template impregnation technique using Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. (kapok) as a natural template. The HSM could be used as an efficient photocatalyst for methylene blue dye photodegradation.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C5NJ01375E
Article type: Letter
Submitted: 01 Jun 2015
Accepted: 06 Aug 2015
First published: 11 Aug 2015

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New J. Chem., 2015,39, 7754-7758

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Study of the photocatalytic properties of bio-mimicked hollow SnO₂ microstructures synthesized with Ceiba pentandra (L.) Gaertn. (kapok) as a natural template

Y. J. Kim, X. Xing, D. Choi, C. Hwang, C. Choi, G. Kim, S. Jin, K. Hwang and J. Park, New J. Chem., 2015, 39, 7754 DOI: 10.1039/C5NJ01375E

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