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Min Yi Liu1, Yi Fan Zheng2, Xu Chun Song1
1Department of Chemistry, Fujian Normal University, Fuzhou 350007, P. R. China.
Abstract:
AgIO₃/Ag₂O/Ag nanocomposites with enhanced photocatalytic activities were synthesized by a onestep coprecipitation method at room temperature. The optimum hybrid of AgIO₃/Ag₂O = 1.25:1 with Ag nanoparticles (Ag NPs) loading (denoted as AA125) exhibited superior photocatalytic activity, demonstrating 97.19% tetracycline (TC) degradation within 60 min under simulated solar irradiation. This was approximately 10.44 and 2.63 times higher than that of pure Ag₂O and AgIO₃, respectively. The advanced photocatalytic activity can be ascribed to the synergetic effects of the heterostructured AgIO₃/Ag₂O/Ag and the strong surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effect of Ag NPs generated on the surface, which improved the separation and transfer efficiency of photoinduced electron-hole pairs. The results from radical scavenger experiments indicated that the degradation of TC was driven mainly by the participation of superoxide radical (·O-₂).
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