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  • Sarah Bernhardt
  • Jasmin Düring
  • Sandra Haschke
  • Maissa K.S. Barr
  • Lisa Stiegler
  • Patrick Schühle
  • Julien Bachmann
  • Andreas Hirsch
  • Franziska Gröhn

The photocatalytic activity and selectivity of novel binary and ternary composite nanostructures from polyethylene oxide-stabilized zinc oxide (PEO–ZnO) with and without polyoxometalate (H4[Si(W3O10)4], POM) are determined in aqueous solution under UV-light. Mono- and di-COOH-end-functionalized PEO polymers are used as surface modifiers, influencing the morphology and stability of the ZnO nanoparticles being synthesized in water. POM acts as an additional versatile photocatalytically active building block resulting in a ternary hybrid structure with tunable photocatalytic activity. Catalytic selectivity is demonstrated by studying photocatalytic dye degradations as model reactions, where the chemical backbone of the dyes and their charge turn out to be the basis for the selectivity. All samples are characterized with dynamic light scattering, transmission electron microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, light microscopy, and ζ-potential measurements. With the functionalized PEOs, large ZnO clusters consisting of leaves are formed while 2-[2-(2-methoxyethoxy) ethoxy] acetic acid (TODA) yields ZnO flower-like structures.

Original languageEnglish
Article number2002130
Number of pages15
JournalAdvanced Materials Interfaces
Volume8
Issue number14
DOIs
StatePublished - 23 Jul 2021

    Scopus subject areas

  • Mechanics of Materials
  • Mechanical Engineering

    Research areas

  • organic–inorganic hybrid materials, photocatalysis, polyoxometalate, solar energy conversion, zinc oxide nanoparticles, H4SIW12O40, ZINC-OXIDE, NANOCRYSTALS, organic-inorganic hybrid materials, ONE-STEP, FACILE SYNTHESIS, METHYL-ORANGE, SURFACE, DEGRADATION, FABRICATION, METAL NANOPARTICLES

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