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Preparation of stainless steel mesh-supported ZnO and graphene/ZnO nanorod arrays with high photocatalytic performance

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A series of zinc oxide (ZnO) nanorods arrays with different morphologies are synthesized on stainless steel mesh via a facile electrodeposition method. The influences of electrodeposition parameters on the diameter, length, density and morphology of obtained ZnO nanorods are investigated systematically. The results indicate that the electrodeposition potential is the key factor for the morphology of the obtained ZnO nanorods, which further showed the effect on the photocatalytic property of the obtained samples. Meanwhile, the prepared ZnO nanorods array exhibits an excellent photocatalytic activity for methylene blue (MB) in ultraviolet light. The degradation efficiency for MB solution reaches 95.1% under the irradiation of ultraviolet light for 120 min. In addition, the photocatalytic property of the prepared ZnO nanorods can be extended to the visible light region after the modified with graphene oxide (GO). The obtained GO/ZnO composite also shows remarkable photocatalytic activity and photostability. The photodegradation efficiency for MB is 83.6%, and the catalytic performance retains 97.3% of its initial photocatalytic activity after five cycles.

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Acknowledgements

The work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Nos. 51774217, 51604202 and 51604201), the Shanghai Sailing Program (No. 19YF1415800) and the Key Laboratory for Ferrous Metallurgy and Resources Utilization of Ministry of Education, China (No. FMRUlab-20-2). The authors would also like to thank the Shiyanjia Lab (www.shiyanjia.com) for the TEM analysis.

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  1. The State Key Laboratory of Refractories and Metallurgy, Key Laboratory for Ferrous Metallurgy and Resources Utilization of Ministry of Education, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430081, Hubei, China

    Hua Zhang, Yao-zha Lv, Chang Chen, Yang Li & Hong-wei Ni

  2. School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Wuhan University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, 430081, Hubei, China

    Rong-sheng Chen

  3. Nano-Science and Nano-Technology Research Center, Materials Science and Engineering College, Shanghai University, Shanghai, 200444, China

    Feng Zheng

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Zhang, H., Lv, Yz., Chen, C. et al. Preparation of stainless steel mesh-supported ZnO and graphene/ZnO nanorod arrays with high photocatalytic performance. J. Iron Steel Res. Int. 28, 874–888 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s42243-020-00548-0

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