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Fabrication of Ag3PO4-PANI-GO composites with high visible light photocatalytic performance and stability

  • Jianguo Zhang
  • , Huiping Bi
  • , Guangyu He*
  • , Yongwen Zhou
  • , Haiqun Chen
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Changzhou University
  • Nanjing University of Science and Technology
  • Ashland (China) Holdings Co., Ltd.

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Abstract

In this paper, a simple co-precipitation method was used to prepare Ag 3PO4-PANI-GO photocatalyst. The polyaniline (PANI) nanofibers and Ag3PO4 nanoparticles were supported by graphene oxide sheets. The composite material exhibits better photocatalytic properties and stability for both cationic dye rhodamine B and anionic dye methyl orange under visible light irradiation than Ag3PO 4-GO photocatalyst does. The significant enhancement in photoactivity can be attributed to the differences of valence band position between Ag 3PO4 and PANI that causes a high separation efficiency of photogenerated electron-hole pairs. Ideas on the design and fabrication of highly efficient and visible-light-driven novel photocatalysts are expected to be inspired by this work to solve energy and environmental problems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)952-957
Number of pages6
JournalJournal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
Volume2
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2014
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Graphene oxide
  • Nanocomposites
  • Photocatalyst
  • Polyaniline

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