PVP-assisted synthesis and visible light catalytic property of AgAgBrTiO2 ternary nanostructures》.pdf

Journal of Alloys and Compounds 581 (2013) 115–120 Contents lists available at SciVerse ScienceDirect Journal of Alloys and Compounds journal homepage: www.else /locate/jalcom PVP-assisted synthesis and visible light catalytic property of Ag/AgBr/TiO2 ternary nanostructures Chengzhu Liu, Wendong Sun, Yujiang Zhuo, Chengzhan Liu, Ying Chu ⇑ Faculty of Chemistry, Northeast Normal University, Changchun, Jilin 130024, PR China a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t Article history: Ag/AgBr/TiO2 nanocomposite was achieved via a sol–gel process in the presence of polyvinylpyrrolidone Received 15 February 2013 (PVP) at room temperature. PVP not only regulated the sol–gel process, ensuring the generation of small Received in revised form 29 June 2013 sized particles with good dispersion, but also reduced Ag+ to Ag particles and formed Ag/AgBr/TiO2 noble Accepted 2 July 2013 metal-sensitizer-semiconductor ternary assemblies. The X-ray diffraction, X-ray photoelectron spectros- Available online 17 July 2013 copy spectra and energy dispersive spectroscopy results showed Ag (0) existed in the initial products, which was generated by the reduction of AgNO3 by PVP without UV irradiation. Degradation of rhoda- Keywords: mine B was selected to evaluate the photocatalytic activity of the Ag/AgBr/TiO2 nanocomposites and a PVP-assisted synthesis