Construction of Embedded Heterostructured SrZrO3/Flower-like MoS2with Enhanced Dye Photodegradation under Solar-Simulated Light Illumination

Abstract

SrZrO3/flower-like MoS2 composites with an embedded heterostructure were synthesized via a simple two-step hydrothermal method and their performance was evaluated by photodegradation of methylene blue (MB) under solar-simulated light irradiation. The sandwiched flower-like MoS2 with a high Mo(VI) ratio was adopted as the matrix, and SrZrO3 was grown between the MoS2 layers, forming an intense contact interface, which promotes the efficient separation and transport of photoinduced carriers. The enhanced photocatalytic degradation of 99.7% after 80 min of irradiation is exhibited over the MS5 sample (5 wt % SrZrO3 loading amount on the MoS2 matrix). Moreover, the ratio of Mo(VI) and the superoxide radical plays a crucial role in the photodegradation of MB, and the higher the ratio the better the performance. This work provided a strategy to design a new kind of photocatalyst for photocatalysis and indicated that MoS2 is preferably adopted as a matrix rather than as a loading component.