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Facile synthesis of Ag@AgBr nanospheres as highly efficient, recyclable and sunlight photocatalyst

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Ag@AgBr nanospheres have been synthesized through a simple method. X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, transmission electronmicroscopy, photoluminescence spectroscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and UV–Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, were used to characterize the as-synthesized nanospheres. The as-prepared Ag@AgBr photocatalyst can be used to remove the pollutants under direct sunlight. The as-prepared Ag@AgBr nanospheres show excellent visible-light photocatalytic performance and good reusability for decomposing organic pollutant of Rhodamine B and methyl blue due to the surface plasmon resonance effect of Ag and AgBr nanoparticles. Additionally, the recycling experiment of Ag@AgBr nanospheres has been done, demonstrating that Ag@AgBr nanospheres have high efficiency and stability.

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The authors would like to thank the Science Foundation of the Department of Education of Hebei Province (No. QN2016098), the Science Foundation of the Agricultural University of Hebei (No. LG201639) and the Collaborative Innovation Foundation of the Agricultural University of Hebei for their financial support.

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    Miaoshen Su, Jingjun Ma & Honglei Liu

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Su, M., Ma, J. & Liu, H. Facile synthesis of Ag@AgBr nanospheres as highly efficient, recyclable and sunlight photocatalyst. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 27, 12925–12930 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-016-5429-x

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