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A rapid preparation of PPECu and plasmonic Ag/PPECu nanocomposites with high performance for photocatalytic hydrogen production

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A new and rapid synthetic method toward polymer phenylethnylcopper (PPECu) nanowires is developed. PPECu nanowires have been firstly fabricated through using ascorbic acid instead of methanol as reducing agent. The preparation time of PPECu can be decreased from 48 to 2 h, even at a lower temperature. Ag/PPECu nanocomposites were prepared by the in situ reaction of PPECu and Ag (NH3)+2 ions with different concentrations. Ag/PPECu photocatalysts showed high visible-light H2 production activity, which originated from the combined action of electrons transfer, sacrificing reagent and SPR effect of Ag nanoparticles.

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Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the Science and Technology Fund of Guizhou Province ([2015]2055), the Special Foundation for Young Scientists of Education Department of Guizhou Province (Nos. KY[2017]290, KY[2017]299), The Joint Foundation Project of Guizhou Province, Bijie City and Guizhou University of Engineering Science (LH[2016]7058, LH[2015]7587) and the Scientific Research Fund of Guizhou Provincial Education Department of China (Nos. KY[2016]100, KY[2015]450 and KY[2016]010).

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Zhao, Gy., Le, Mt., Zeng, Gj. et al. A rapid preparation of PPECu and plasmonic Ag/PPECu nanocomposites with high performance for photocatalytic hydrogen production. J Mater Sci: Mater Electron 31, 2231–2239 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10854-019-02754-3

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