GaN thin films growth and their application in photocatalytic removal of sulforhodamine B from aqueous solution under UV pulsed laser irradiation

J Environ Sci Health A Tox Hazard Subst Environ Eng. 2011;46(4):415-9. doi: 10.1080/02773813.2010.542399.

Abstract

Single-crystalline Gallium Nitride (GaN) thin films were fabricated and grown by metal organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) method on c-plane sapphire substrates and then characterized by high resolution-X-ray diffraction (HR-XRD) and photoluminescence (PL) measurements. The photocatalytic decomposition of Sulforhodamine B (SRB) molecules on GaN thin films was investigated under 355 nm pulsed UV laser irradiation. The results demonstrate that as-grown GaN thin films exhibited efficient degradation of SRB molecules and exhibited an excellent photocatalytic-activity-stability under UV pulsed laser exposure.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Aluminum Oxide / chemistry
  • Catalysis / radiation effects
  • Gallium / chemistry*
  • Lasers
  • Photochemistry
  • Rhodamines / chemistry*
  • Water Purification / methods*

Substances

  • Rhodamines
  • gallium nitride
  • lissamine rhodamine B
  • Gallium
  • Aluminum Oxide