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Fabrication of Durable Ordered Ta2O5 Nanotube Arrays Decorated with Bi2S3 Quantum Dots

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One of the most important challenges in the fabrication of ordered tantalum pentaoxide (Ta2O5) nanotube arrays (NTs) via the electrochemical method is the formation of nanotubes that adhere well to the Ta substrate. In this paper, we propose a new protocol that allows tight-fitting Ta2O5 nanotubes to be obtained through the anodic oxidation of tantalum foil. Moreover, to enhance their activity in the photocatalytic reaction, in this study, they have been decorated by nontoxic bismuth sulfide (Bi2S3) quantum dots (QDs) via a simple successive ionic layer adsorption and reaction (SILAR) method. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) analysis revealed that quantum dots with a size in the range of 6-11 nm were located both inside and on the external surfaces of the Ta2O5 NTs. The effect of the anodization time and annealing conditions, as well as the effect of cycle numbers in the SILAR method, on the surface properties and photoactivity of Ta2O5 nanotubes and Bi2S3/Ta2O5 composites have been investigated. The Ta2O5 nanotubes decorated with Bi2S3 QDs exhibit high photocatalytic activity in the toluene degradation reaction, i.e., 99% of toluene (C0 = 200 ppm) was degraded after 5 min of UV-Vis irradiation. Therefore, the proposed anodic oxidation of tantalum (Ta) foil followed by SILAR decorating allows a photocatalytic surface, ready to use for pollutant degradation in the gas phase, to be obtained.

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Nanomaterials no. 9, pages 1 - 17,
ISSN: 2079-4991
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2020
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Baluk M., Kobylański M., Lisowski W., Trykowski G., Klimczuk T., Mazierski M., Zaleska-Medynska A.: Fabrication of Durable Ordered Ta2O5 Nanotube Arrays Decorated with Bi2S3 Quantum Dots// Nanomaterials -Vol. 9,iss. 10 (2020), s.1-17
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