Ionic-Liquid-Assisted Microwave Synthesis of Solid Solutions of Sr1–xBaxSnO3 Perovskite for Photocatalytic Applications

Alammar, Tarek; Slowing, Igor I.; Anderegg, Jim; Mudring, Anja -Verena

doi:10.1002/cssc.201700615

Title: Ionic-Liquid-Assisted Microwave Synthesis of Solid Solutions of Sr_1–xBa_xSnO₃ Perovskite for Photocatalytic Applications

Journal Article · Tue Jun 06 00:00:00 EDT 2017 · ChemSusChem

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1002/cssc.201700615· OSTI ID:1396275

Alammar, Tarek ^[1]; Slowing, Igor I. ^[2]; Anderegg, Jim ^[2];

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Ames Lab. and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)
Ames Lab., Ames, IA (United States)
Ames Lab. and Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States); Stockholm Univ., Stockholm (Sweden)

Nanocrystalline Sr_1–xBa_xSnO₃ (x = 0, 0.2, 0.4, 0.8, 1) perovskite photocatalysts were prepared by microwave synthesis in an ionic liquid (IL) and subsequent heat-treatment. The influence of the Sr/Ba substitution on the structure, crystallization, morphology, and photocatalytic efficiency was investigated and the samples were fully characterized. On the basis of X-ray diffraction results, as the Ba content in the SrSnO₃ lattice increases, a symmetry increase was observed from the orthorhombic perovskite structure for SrSnO₃ to the cubic BaSnO₃ structure. The analysis of the sample morphology by SEM reveals that the Sr_1–xBa_xSnO₃ samples favor the formation of nanorods (500 nm–5 μm in diameter and several micrometers long). The photophysical properties were examined by UV/Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The band gap decreases from 3.85 to 3.19 eV with increasing Ba²⁺ content. Furthermore, the photocatalytic properties were evaluated for the hydroxylation of terephthalic acid (TA). The order of the activities for TA hydroxylation was Sr_0.8Ba_0.2SnO₃ > SrSnO₃ > BaSnO₃ > Sr_0.6Ba_0.4SnO₃ > Sr_0.2Ba_0.8SnO₃. Here, the highest photocatalytic activity was observed for Sr_0.8Ba_0.2SnO₃, and this can be attributed to the synergistic impacts of the modification of the crystal structure and morphology, the relatively large surface area associated with the small crystallite size, and the suitable band gap and band-edge position.

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Research Organization:: Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-07CH11358

OSTI ID:: 1396275

Report Number(s):: IS-J-9454

Journal Information:: ChemSusChem, Vol. 10, Issue 17; ISSN 1864-5631

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