Original scientific paper
Facile Preparation of Silver Halide Nanoparticles as Visible Light Photocatalysts
Linfan Cui
; Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, P.R. China
Tifeng Jiao
; Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, P.R. China; State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, P.R. China; National Key Laboratory of Biochemical Engineering, I
Qingrui Zhang
; Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, P.R. China
Jingxin Zhou
; Hebei Key Laboratory of Applied Chemistry, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, P.R. China
Qiuming Peng
; State Key Laboratory of Metastable Materials Science and Technology, Yanshan University, Qinhuangdao, P.R. China
Abstract
In this study, highly efficient silver halide (AgX)-based photocatalysts were successfully fabricated using a facile and template-free direct-precipitation method. AgX nanoparticles, which included silver chloride (AgCl), silver bromide (AgBr) and silver iodide (AgI), were synthesized using different potassium halides and silver acetate as reactive sources. The size distribution of the AgX nanoparticles was determined by the reaction time and ratio of the reagents, which were monitored by UV-vis spectra. The as-prepared AgX nanoparticles exhibited different photocatalytic properties. This shows the differences for the photodegradation of methyl orange and Congo red dyes. In addition, the AgCl nanoparticle-based photocatalyst exhibited the best photocatalytic property among all three types of AgX nanoparticles that are discussed in this study. Therefore, it is a good candidate for removing organic pollutants.
Keywords
nanostructure; silver halide; photocatalyst; nanoparticle
Hrčak ID:
142569
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Publication date:
1.1.2015.
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