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Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics 8/2014

01-08-2014

Highly efficient photocatalytic performance of graphene–Ag3VO4 composites

Authors: Xiucheng Tao, Qing Hong, Tianzhi Xu, Fan Liao

Published in: Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics | Issue 8/2014

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Abstract

In the present paper, graphene–Ag3VO4 composites with broad-spectrum response were prepared by hydrothermal method, which performed high photocatalytic activity in decomposing Rhodamine B under visible light irradiation. The graphene content exhibited an obvious influence on the photocatalytic activity. Composite with 5 wt% graphene possessed the highest activity: the degradation rate reached about 92.3 %, which was nearly 1.5 times higher than that of the pure Ag3VO4. The enhancement of the photocatalytic activity was attributed to the synergetic effect between graphene and Ag3VO4 particles. Here, graphene was served as an excellent electron acceptor and transporter, which markedly decreased the recombination efficiency of electron–hole pairs and accelerated the degradation process.

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Metadata
Title
Highly efficient photocatalytic performance of graphene–Ag3VO4 composites
Authors
Xiucheng Tao
Qing Hong
Tianzhi Xu
Fan Liao
Publication date
01-08-2014
Publisher
Springer US
Published in
Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Electronics / Issue 8/2014
Print ISSN: 0957-4522
Electronic ISSN: 1573-482X
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-014-2042-8

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