《Fabrication of Ag_TiO2 nanoheterostructures with visible light photocatalytic》.pdf

View Article Online / Journal Homepage / Table of Contents for this issue CrystEngComm Dynamic Article Links Cite this: CrystEngComm, 2012, 14, 3989–3999 /crystengcomm PAPER Fabrication of Ag/TiO2 nanoheterostructures with visible light photocatalytic function via a solvothermal approach Chunyan Su,*a Lei Liu,b Mingyi Zhang,c Yue Zhanga and Changlu Shao*c Received 5th February 2012, Accepted 20th March 2012 DOI: 10.1039/c2ce25161b . 9 0 In this work, Ag/TiO nanoheterostructures with Ag nanocrystals well-grown on TiO -based : 2 2 5 1 : nanofiber mats have been achieved by means of a novel and straighforward protocol combining an 8 0 4 electrospinning technique and a solvothermal process. The experimental results indicated that the 1 0 morphology and size of the secondary Ag nanostructures could be tailored by altering the 2 / 9 0 experimental parameters, such as the reaction time and solvent as well as the reducing agent in the / 5 2 n solvothermal treatment. The investigation of photocatalytic ability showed that the Ag/TiO2 o d nanoheterostructures possess an excellent photocatalytic activity superior to the pure TiO2 nanofiber e d for the degradation of Rhodamine B (RB) dye driven by visible light. The results indicated that Ag a o l n might be responsible for the visible light induced photocatalytic degradati