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Preparation and characterization of silver/g-carbon nitride/chitosan nanocomposite with photocatalytic activity

Authors :
Qifan Yang
Fan Liu
Xueyan Li
Desong Wang
Jing An
Rong Yin
Qingzhi Luo
Source :
Integrated Ferroelectrics. 180:52-60
Publication Year :
2017
Publisher :
Informa UK Limited, 2017.

Abstract

In this work, a visible-light-driven catalyst of Ag/g-C3N4/Chitosan (Ag/g-C3N4/CS) was developed by a facile soniation-assisted method at room temperature. The surface morphology, crystal structure and chemical composition of the as-prepared catalyst was systematically characterized using scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), X-ray diffraction (XRD), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) and electrochemical impedance spectra (EIS). The photocatalytic activity of Ag/g-C3N4/CS nanocomposite was evaluated on the reduction of 4-nitrophenol (4-NP) to 4-aminophenol (4-AP) by sodium borohydride (NaBH4) without separating AgNPs/RGO nanocomposite from the synthesis systems. The result shows that the as-prepared nanocomposite exhibits enhanced photocatalytic activity.

Details

ISSN :
16078489 and 10584587
Volume :
180
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Integrated Ferroelectrics
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........5929aaa7942cfab01894c9d6251830da
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1080/10584587.2017.1337463