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Comparative study on the photocatalytic properties of Ag3PO4 fabricated by different methods

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A comparative study was carried out on the photocatalytic properties depending on Jodifferent morphologies of Ag3PO4 fabricated by different methods, i.e. as precipitated, oil bath heat treatment, hydrothermal, and microwave-assisted hydrothermal. The crystal structures of the prepared samples were analyzed by X-ray diffraction. The different morphologies of Ag3PO4 synthesized by different methods were observed from SEM micrographs. The micrographs show that the as-precipitated Ag3PO4 sample has smaller grain morphology whereas samples synthesized by other methods have distinct large-grain morphologies. Sharp-edged rhombic dodecahedron, cubic and polyhedral Ag3PO4 crystals were observed that were synthesized by microwave-assisted hydrothermal and hydrothermal methods. However, sharp-edged polyhedral Ag3PO4 crystals were not observed from the oil bath heat-treatment method. The optical properties of the different samples were measured by using UV–Vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The samples fabricated by the microwave-assisted hydrothermal process showed better photocatalytic decoloring of methylene blue than those prepared by the hydrothermal and oil bath heat-treatment methods.

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This research was supported by Global Research Laboratory Program of the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (MEST) of Korea (Grant No.: 2010-00339) and also supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning (NRF-2015R1C1A1A01052893).

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  1. Research Center for Eco Multi-Functional Nano Materials, Sun Moon University, Chungnam, 31460, Republic of Korea

    Yong-Hyun Jo, Bhupendra Joshi & Soo-Wohn Lee

  2. Institute of Scientific and Industrials Research, Osaka University, Osaka, 567-0047, Japan

    Tohru Sekino

  3. Division of Mechanics and ICT Convergence Engineering, Sun Moon University, Chungnam, 31460, Republic of Korea

    Tae-Ho Kim

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Jo, YH., Joshi, B., Sekino, T. et al. Comparative study on the photocatalytic properties of Ag3PO4 fabricated by different methods. Res Chem Intermed 43, 5261–5269 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11164-017-3055-8

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