Synthesis and Photocatalytic Activity of High-Quality Lead(II) Sulfide Nanoparticles from Lead(II) Thiosemicarbazone Complexes as Single Source Precursors

Table 4

Efficiency of HDA-capped PbS NPs degradation using complexes (1) and (2).

	Complex (1) as single source precursor
	Times (min)	15	30	45	60
PbS-HDA1	ƞ (%)	14.0	23.5	24.1	28.3
PbS-HDA2	ƞ (%)	46.4	49.0	55.0	60.0
PbS-HDA3	ƞ (%)	40.0	47.0	48.0	45.2
	Complex (2) as single source precursor
PbS-HDA4	ƞ (%)	42.0	45.2	50.0	42.0
PbS-HDA5	ƞ (%)	40.4	42.2	53.0	54.4
PbS-HDA6	ƞ (%)	41.0	45.2	50.0	58.0