1 KLGHEI of Environment and Energy Chemistry, MOE of the Key Laboratory of Bioinorganic and Synthetic Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou 510275, China. chedhx@mail.sysu.edu.cn luxh6@mail.sysu.edu.cn.
Heterostructured ZnO/SnO(2-x) nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized by a facile two-step hydrothermal process for the first time and exhibited excellent photocatalytic activity due to increased oxygen vacancies and matched band edge alignment.