In4SnS8 ultrathin nanosheets: a ternary sulfide with fast adsorption–visible-light photocatalysis dual function

Shuling Shen; Long Li; Zhujun Wu; Minquan Sun; Zhihong Tang; Junhe Yang

doi:10.1039/C6RA27262B

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In₄SnS₈ ultrathin nanosheets: a ternary sulfide with fast adsorption–visible-light photocatalysis dual function†

Shuling Shen,

*^a Long Li,^a Zhujun Wu,^a Minquan Sun,^a Zhihong Tang^a and Junhe Yang*^a

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^a School of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, P. R. China
E-mail: slshen@usst.edu.cn, jhyang@usst.edu.cn

Abstract

Ultrathin In₄SnS₈ nanosheets have been successfully synthesized via a facile thermal decomposition method. The average thickness of these In₄SnS₈ nanosheets is only 3.8 nm, comprising about five atomically thick layers. To our knowledge, this is the thinnest In₄SnS₈ nanosheet synthesized using a solution-phase chemical method. The resulting ultrathin In₄SnS₈ nanosheets exhibit fast adsorption–visible-light photocatalysis dual function for various organic dyes, suggesting their potential application in environmental remediation, solar energy conversion, and advanced optical/electric nanodevices.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C6RA27262B
Article type: Paper
Submitted: 24 Nov 2016
Accepted: 29 Dec 2016
First published: 16 Jan 2017
This article is Open Access

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RSC Adv., 2017,7, 4555-4562

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In₄SnS₈ ultrathin nanosheets: a ternary sulfide with fast adsorption–visible-light photocatalysis dual function

S. Shen, L. Li, Z. Wu, M. Sun, Z. Tang and J. Yang, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 4555 DOI: 10.1039/C6RA27262B

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