1. TiO2 hollow nanofibers grafted Ag/AgCl with more AgCl {1 1 1} facet for enhanced photocatalytic activity.
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Xu, Yuxian, Lin, Daifeng, Liu, Xinping, Luo, Yongjin, Xue, Hun, Huang, Baoquan, Qian, Qingrong, and Chen, Qinghua
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TITANIUM dioxide nanoparticles , *SILVER chloride , *PHOTOCATALYTIC oxidation , *NANOFIBERS , *NANOSTRUCTURED materials synthesis , *ELECTROSPINNING , *PHOTODEGRADATION - Abstract
Ag/AgCl composite as an alternative visible-light photocatalyst has attracted extensive interests; however, the high charge carrier recombination rate and short-term photocatalytic durability limit their practical application. In the present work, TiO 2 hollow nanofibers (ELTiO 2 ) grafted Ag/AgCl is fabricated via electrospinning-precipitation method. Compared with Ag/AgCl and Ag/AgCl-SGTiO 2 (sol-gel synthetized TiO 2 ), 2.89 and 1.59-fold enhancement in the photodegradation rate toward MO is observed over Ag/AgCl-ELTiO 2 under visible light irradiation. The enhancement of photocatalytic activity is mainly attributed to the higher content of the exposed AgCl {1 1 1} facet, which is beneficial for the separation of photogenerated carriers and accounts for more active sites. Moreover, Ag/AgCl-ELTiO 2 shows better photostability than bare Ag/AgCl. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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