Issue 7, 2011

Facile solvothermal synthesis of cube-like Ag@AgCl: a highly efficient visible light photocatalyst

Abstract

In this paper, a stable and highly efficient plasmonic photocatalyst, Ag@AgCl, with cube-like morphology, has been successfully prepared via a simple hydrothermal method. Using methylene dichloride as chlorine source in the synthesis can efficiently control the morphology of Ag@AgCl, due to the low release rate of chloride ions. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectra were used to characterize the obtained product. The photocatalytic activity of the obtained product was evaluated by the photodegradation of methyl orange (MO) under visible light irradiation, and it was found, interestingly, that Ag@AgCl exhibits high visible light photocatalytic activity and good stability.

Graphical abstract: Facile solvothermal synthesis of cube-like Ag@AgCl: a highly efficient visible light photocatalyst

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Mar 2011
Accepted
21 Apr 2011
First published
25 May 2011

Nanoscale, 2011,3, 2931-2935

Facile solvothermal synthesis of cube-like Ag@AgCl: a highly efficient visible light photocatalyst

L. Han, P. Wang, C. Zhu, Y. Zhai and S. Dong, Nanoscale, 2011, 3, 2931 DOI: 10.1039/C1NR10247H

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