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Journal of Materials Chemistry

Visible light response of AgLi1/3M2/3O2 (M = Ti and Sn) synthesized from layered Li2MO3 using molten AgNO3

Yasuhiro Hosogi,a   Hideki Katoa  and  Akihiko Kudo*ab  

* Corresponding authors

a Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Science University of Tokyo, 1-3 Kagurazaka, Shinjyuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
E-mail: a-kudo@rs.kagu.tus.ac.jp
Fax: +81-33235-2214

b Core Research for Evolutional Science and Technology, Japan Science and Technology Agency (CREST, JST), 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi-shi, Saitama, Japan

Abstract

AgLi1/3Ti2/3O2 and AgLi1/3Sn2/3O2 with delafossite structures were synthesized by treating the layered compounds Li2TiO3 and Li2SnO3 with molten AgNO3 (573 K for 5 h) through ion exchange of Li+ for Ag+. The band gaps of both AgLi1/3Ti2/3O2 and AgLi1/3Sn2/3O2 were estimated to be 2.7 eV from diffuse reflectance spectra. These delafossite-type metal oxides showed activity for O2 evolution from an aqueous silver nitrate solution under visible light irradiation. Moreover, these materials were also active for photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue under irradiation of monochromatic light at 420 nm. The visible light responses of AgLi1/3Ti2/3O2 and AgLi1/3Sn2/3O2 were due to the band gap excitation between conduction bands consisting of either Ti 3d or Sn 5s5p orbitals and valence bands consisting of Ag 4d orbitals.

Graphical abstract: Visible light response of AgLi1/3M2/3O2 (M = Ti and Sn) synthesized from layered Li2MO3 using molten AgNO3

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Article information

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/B715679K
Article type
Paper
Submitted
10 Oct 2007
Accepted
23 Nov 2007
First published
10 Dec 2007

J. Mater. Chem., 2008,18, 647-653

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Visible light response of AgLi1/3M2/3O2 (M = Ti and Sn) synthesized from layered Li2MO3 using molten AgNO3

Y. Hosogi, H. Kato and A. Kudo, J. Mater. Chem., 2008, 18, 647 DOI: 10.1039/B715679K

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