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Visible-light responsive plasmonic Ag2O/Ag/g-C3N4 nanosheets with enhanced photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2016

Shurong Fu ,
Yiming He ,
Qi Wu ,
Ying Wu  and
Tinghua Wu
Shurong Fu
Affiliation:
Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Reactive Chemistry on Solid Surfaces, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
Yiming He
Affiliation:
Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Reactive Chemistry on Solid Surfaces, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
Qi Wu
Affiliation:
Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Reactive Chemistry on Solid Surfaces, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
Ying Wu*
Affiliation:
Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Reactive Chemistry on Solid Surfaces, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
Tinghua Wu*
Affiliation:
Zhejiang Key Laboratory for Reactive Chemistry on Solid Surfaces, Institute of Physical Chemistry, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China
*
a) Address all correspondence to these authors. e-mail: yingwu@zjnu.cn
b) e-mail: thwu@zjnu.cn
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Abstract

Visible-light responsive plasmonic Ag2O/Ag/g-C3N4 nanosheets (NS) were successfully prepared by a simple and green photodeposition method. The obtained composites were characterized by XRD, Fourier transform infrared, transmission electron microscopy, UV-vis, and the photoluminescence (PL) results indicated that the Ag2O/Ag/g-C3N4 NS composites showed better photoabsorption performance than g-C3N4 due to the surface plasmon resonance effect of Ag nanoparticles. Meanwhile, the composite exhibited excellent photocatalytic activities, which was ∼3.8 and ∼3.0 times higher than those of bulk g-C3N4 and pure g-C3N4 NS, respectively. Moreover, the as-prepared composites showed a high structural stability in the photodegradation of Rhodamine B. A possible photocatalytic and charge separation mechanism was suggested based on the PL spectra and the active species trapping experiment.

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heterojunctionphotodepositionphotocatalytic
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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 31 , Issue 15 , 15 August 2016 , pp. 2252 - 2260
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