Skip to main content
SpringerLink
Log in

Converting Ag nanowire into one-dimensional silver niobate and their enhanced photocatalytic activity

  • Published:
Applied Physics A Aims and scope Submit manuscript

Abstract

We synthesized one-dimensional silver niobate using Ag nanowires as the raw material and template. The final sample is the Ag2Nb4O11/AgNbO3 composite with a uniform distribution of elements, judging from the element analysis. In comparison with the pristine AgNbO3, the composite sample exhibits the enhanced photocatalytic activity for rhodamine B and 2,4-dichlorophene degradation under visible-light irradiation.

This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.

Access this article

Log in via an institution

Price excludes VAT (USA)
Tax calculation will be finalised during checkout.

Instant access to the full article PDF.

Fig. 1
Fig. 2
Fig. 3
Fig. 4
Fig. 5
Fig. 6
Fig. 7

Similar content being viewed by others

References

  1. Z.S. Li, W.J. Luo, M.L. Zhang, J.Y. Feng, Z.G. Zou, Energy Environ. Sci. 6, 347–370 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  2. L.M. Peter, K.G.U. Wijayantha, ChemPhysChem 15, 1983–1995 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  3. H. Kisch, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 52, 812–847 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  4. F.E. Osterloh, Chem. Soc. Rev. 42, 2294–2320 (2013)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  5. H. Tong, S. Ouyang, Y. Bi, N. Umezawa, M. Oshikiri, J. Ye, Adv. Mater. 24, 229–251 (2012)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  6. B. Ohtani, J. Photochem. Photobiol. C: Photochem. Rev. 11, 157–178 (2010)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  7. D.O. Scanlon, C.W. Dunnill, J. Buckeridge, Nat. Mater. 12, 798–801 (2015)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  8. M.A. Modestino, S. Haussener, Annu. Rev. Chem. Biomol. Eng. 6, 13–34 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  9. A. Kudo, MRS Bull. 36, 32–38 (2011)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  10. P. Wang, B. Huang, X. Qin, X. Zhang, Y. Dai, J. Wei, M.H. Whangbo, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 47, 7931–7933 (2008)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  11. G. Li, Y. Bai, X. Liu, W.F. Zhang, J. Phys. D Appl. Phys. 42, 235503 (2009)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  12. L. Yang, J. Liu, H. Chang, S. Tang, RSC Adv. 5, 59970–59975 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  13. H. Kato, H. Kobayashi, A. Kudo, J. Phys. Chem. B 106, 12441–12447 (2002)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  14. Y. Lu, T. Karaki, T. Fujii, Ceram. Int. 41, S174–S179 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  15. F. Calle-Vallejo, J.I. Martinez, J.M. Garcia-Lastra, M. Mogensen, J. Rossmeisl, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 49, 7699–7701 (2010)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  16. K. Bhattacharyya, A.K. Tyagi, J. Alloys Compd. 470, 580–583 (2009)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  17. H. Shi, X. Li, D. Wang, Y. Yuan, Z. Zou, J. Ye, Catal. Lett. 132, 205–212 (2009)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  18. A. Taguchi, S. Fujii, T. Ichimura, P. Verma, Y. Inouye, S. Kawata, Chem. Phys. Lett. 462, 92–95 (2008)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  19. K. Chen, X. Huang, Y. Liu, M. Qi, Y. Hou, Y. Li, Y. Liang, X. Wang, W. Li, Q. Zhao, Chem. Phys. Lett. 627, 82–86 (2015)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  20. L. Cao, Z. Guo, J. Huang, C. Li, J. Fei, Q. Feng, P. Wen, Y. Sun, X. Kong, Mater. Lett. 137, 110–112 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  21. G.Q. Li, S.C. Yan, Z.Q. Wang, X.Y. Wang, Z.S. Li, J.H. Ye, Z.G. Zou, Dalton Trans. 40, 8519–8524 (2009)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  22. L. Wu, S. Fang, L. Ge, J. Hazard. Mater. 300, 93–103 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  23. L. Gou, M. Chipara, J.M. Zaleski, Chem. Mater. 19, 1755–1760 (2007)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  24. H.U. Khan, K. Alam, M. Mateenullah, T. Blaschke, B.S. Haq, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 35, 2775–2789 (2015)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  25. A. Kania, A. Niewiadomski, S. Miga, I. Jankowska-Sumara, M. Pawlik, Z. Ujma, J. Koperski, J. Suchanicz, J. Eur. Ceram. Soc. 34, 1761–1770 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  26. J. Chao, D. Duan, S. Xing, Solid State Sci. 43, 59–62 (2015)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

  27. H. Dong, G. Chen, J. Sun, Y. Feng, C. Li, C. Lv, Chem. Commun. 50, 6596–6599 (2014)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  28. Y. Sun, Y. Yin, B.T. Mayers, T. Herricks, Y. Xia, Chem. Mater. 14, 4736–4745 (2002)

    Article  Google Scholar 

  29. X. Chen, L. Liu, P.Y. Yu, S.S. Mao, Science 331, 746–750 (2011)

    Article  ADS  Google Scholar 

Download references

Acknowledgments

This work was supported by the Young Core Instructor Foundation from the Education Commission of Henan Province (2015GGJS-021), the Program for Science & Technology Innovation Talents in Universities of Henan Province, China (17HASTIT014), the National Natural Science Foundation of China (51402088), 863 Program of China (2015AA034201), and the Open Research Fund of Jiangsu Provincial Key Laboratory for Nanotechnology (Nanjing University).

Author information

Authors and Affiliations

  1. Henan Key Laboratory of Photovoltaic Materials, School of Physics and Electronics, Henan University, Kaifeng, 475004, People’s Republic of China

    Yang Lu, Qiaonan Yu, Feng Zhang, Guoqiang Li & Weifeng Zhang

  2. College of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, Nanyang Institute of Technology, Nanyang, 473200, People’s Republic of China

    Qiaonan Yu

Authors
  1. Yang Lu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  2. Qiaonan Yu
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  3. Feng Zhang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  4. Guoqiang Li
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

  5. Weifeng Zhang
    View author publications

    You can also search for this author in PubMed Google Scholar

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to Guoqiang Li or Weifeng Zhang.

Rights and permissions

Reprints and permissions

About this article

Check for updates. Verify currency and authenticity via CrossMark

Cite this article

Lu, Y., Yu, Q., Zhang, F. et al. Converting Ag nanowire into one-dimensional silver niobate and their enhanced photocatalytic activity. Appl. Phys. A 122, 850 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-0367-2

Download citation

  • Received:

  • Accepted:

  • Published:

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00339-016-0367-2

Keywords

Search

Navigation