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Synthesis of graphene oxide/Ag3PO4 composite with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity

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The nano-scale Ag3PO4 was successfully synthesized by the silver ammonia complexing precipitation method at room temperature. And the Graphene oxide (GO)/Ag3PO4 nanocomposites with different contents of GO were successfully synthesized using the electrostatic driving method. The as-prepared GO/Ag3PO4 nanocomposites were characterized by X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), and UV–visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV–Vis DRS), confirming that Ag3PO4 were highly dispersed to GO sheet. The photocatalytic properties of GO/Ag3PO4 were evaluated by the degradation of Methyl Orange (MO) under visible light irradiation and solar irradiation respectively. The results showed that the photocatalytic efficiencies of GO/Ag3PO4 nanocomposites had enhanced largely and the kinetics reaction models were followed first-order. Furthermore, 5% GO/Ag3PO4 exhibited the highest photocatalytic activity on degradation of MO under visible-light irradiation. The improved photocatalytic performances of the GO/Ag3PO4 nanocomposites mainly attributed to the introducing of GO, which benefit for electron transfer and inhibit the recombination of electron–hole pairs, promoting the practical application of Ag3PO4 in water purification.

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    Qishe Yan, Xin Xie, Cuiping Lin, Yalei Zhao, Shenbo Wang & Yonggang Liu

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Yan, Q., Xie, X., Lin, C. et al. Synthesis of graphene oxide/Ag3PO4 composite with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 28, 16696–16703 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-017-7582-2

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