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Enhanced Solar Light Photocatalytic Activity of Ag Doped TiO₂-Ag₃PO₄ Composites.

ABSTRACT: Composites comprised of Ag₃PO₄ and bare TiO₂ (TiO₂@Ag₃PO₄) or silver doped TiO₂ (Ag@TiO₂-Ag₃PO₄) have been synthesized by coupling sol-gel and precipitation methods. For the sake of comparison, also the bare components have been similarly prepared. All the samples have been characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (DRS), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), photoelectrochemical measurements, and specific surface area (SSA) analysis. The optoelectronic and structural features of the samples have been related to their photocatalytic activity for the degradation of 4-nitrophenol under solar and UV light irradiation. Coupling Ag₃PO₄ with silver doped TiO₂ mitigates photocorrosion of the Ag₃PO₄ counterpart, and remarkably improves the photocatalytic activity under solar light irradiation with respect to the components, to the TiO₂-Ag₃PO₄ sample, and to the benchmark TiO₂ Evonik P25. These features open the route to future applications of this material in the field of environmental remediation.

SUBMITTER: Hamrouni A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7221970 | biostudies-literature |

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