Using ZnO-CdS composite nanofibers in the photolytic activity under sunlight irradiation

TL;DR

This study explores the synthesis of ZnO and ZnO-CdS composite nanofibers via electrospinning, examining how CdS doping influences their properties and potential for sunlight-driven photolytic applications.

Contribution

It introduces a new method for creating ZnO-CdS composite nanofibers with varying CdS concentrations and investigates their properties for photolytic activity under sunlight.

Findings

Doping with CdS alters the nanofibers' properties.

Composite nanofibers show potential for sunlight-driven photolytic applications.

Electrospinning effectively synthesizes uniform nanofibers with controlled composition.

Abstract

In recent years element doping has been extensively employed to modulate the physicochemical properties of semiconductors. In this work, new Pure ZnO and ZnO-xCdS composite nanofibers synthesized through the electrospinning technique, where x= (0.25, 0.5, and 1). Investigated were the effects of doping a ZnO nanofiber composite with varying concentrations of CdS nanoparticles.