Issue 24, 2018, Issue in Progress

Natural assembly of a ternary Ag–SnS–TiO2 photocatalyst and its photocatalytic performance under simulated sunlight

Abstract

Natural assembly method was utilized to prepare a novel ternary Ag–SnS–TiO2 nanocomposite, in which TiO2 nanobelts were used as templates. The co-loading of Ag and SnS nanoparticles endows TiO2 nanobelts with enhanced photocatalytic capability, resulting from the broadened light absorption spectra and decreased band gaps. Comparing with raw TiO2 nanobelts and commercial Degussa P25, an improvement in photodegradation of simulated organic pollutants was successfully demonstrated due to the decreasing recombination of photogenerated electron–hole pairs. Our work presents a new strategy for the preparation of ternary TiO2-based photocatalysts in the practical application of wastewater treatment.

Graphical abstract: Natural assembly of a ternary Ag–SnS–TiO2 photocatalyst and its photocatalytic performance under simulated sunlight

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
08 Feb 2018
Accepted
05 Apr 2018
First published
10 Apr 2018
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2018,8, 13408-13416

Natural assembly of a ternary Ag–SnS–TiO2 photocatalyst and its photocatalytic performance under simulated sunlight

Y. Jiang, Z. Yang, P. Zhang, H. Jin and Y. Ding, RSC Adv., 2018, 8, 13408 DOI: 10.1039/C8RA01235K

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