Facile synthesis of Ag3PO4 tetrapod microcrystals with an increased percentage of exposed {110} facets and highly efficient photocatalytic properties

Hua Wang; Liang He; Lihua Wang; Pengfei Hu; Lin Guo; Xiaodong Han; Jinghong Li

doi:10.1039/C2CE26366A

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Facile synthesis of Ag₃PO₄ tetrapod microcrystals with an increased percentage of exposed {110} facets and highly efficient photocatalytic properties†

Hua Wang,^a Liang He,^a Lihua Wang,^b Pengfei Hu,^a Lin Guo,*^a Xiaodong Han^b and Jinghong Li*^c

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^a Key Laboratory of Bio-Inspired Smart Interfacial Science and Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Chemistry and Environment, Beihang University, Beijing, 100191, China
E-mail: guolin@buaa.edu.cn
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^b Institute of Microstructure and Properties of Advanced Materials, Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, 100022, China

^c Department of Chemistry, Beijing Key Laboratory for Microanalytical Methods and Instrumentation, Lab. of Bioorganic Phosphorus Chemistry & Chemical Biology, Tsinghua University, Beijing, 100084, China
E-mail: jhli@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn

Abstract

Tetrapod-shaped Ag₃PO₄ microcrystals with an increased percentage of exposed {110} facets have been successfully prepared for the first time, and a possible growth mechanism is proposed. The as-prepared Ag₃PO₄ tetrapods exhibit excellent photocatalytic activities under visible light illumination, which may be ascribed to the relatively higher reactivity of {110} facets.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C2CE26366A
Article type: Communication
Submitted: 24 Aug 2012
Accepted: 08 Oct 2012
First published: 15 Oct 2012

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CrystEngComm, 2012,14, 8342-8344

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Facile synthesis of Ag₃PO₄ tetrapod microcrystals with an increased percentage of exposed {110} facets and highly efficient photocatalytic properties

H. Wang, L. He, L. Wang, P. Hu, L. Guo, X. Han and J. Li, CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 8342 DOI: 10.1039/C2CE26366A

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