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Photocatalytic Application of Ag-Decorated CuS/BaTiO3 Composite Photocatalysts for Degrading RhB

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Herein, binary CuS/BTO and ternary CuS/Ag/BTO composite photocatalysts have been fabricated by anchoring CuS and Ag nanoparticles onto BaTiO3 (BTO) polyhedra. The as-prepared composite photocatalysts were characterized by means of the techniques of transmission/scanning electron microscopy, x-ray powder diffraction, ultraviolet–visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and photoluminescence spectroscopy. Transient photocurrent and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy measurements suggest that the ternary 5%CuS/(1%Ag/BTO) composite possesses the highest separation efficiency of electron/hole pairs. The photodegradation experiments were conducted by using simulated sunlight as the light source to decompose Rhodamine B in water solution. The 5%CuS/(1%Ag/BTO) and 5%CuS/BTO composites are demonstrated to have the highest and second highest photodegradation activity, respectively. As compared with that of bare BaTiO3 and CuS, the photoactivity of 5%CuS/(1%Ag/BTO) is increased to 3.3 and 2.0 times, respectively. The electron/hole separation mechanism and the role of localized surface plasmon resonance of Ag nanoparticles in the dye photodegradaton were systematically investigated.

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This study was funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 51662027) and the Scientific Research Fund of SiChuan Provincial Science and Technology Department (Grant No. 2020YJ0137).

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  1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Processing and Recycling of Non-Ferrous Metals, Lanzhou University of Technology, Lanzhou, 730050, China

    Yanping Wang, Ruishan Li & Hua Yang

  2. College of Physics and Electronic Information Engineering, Qinghai Normal University, Xining, 810008, China

    Xiaofeng Sun & Tao Xian

  3. Joint Laboratory for Extreme Conditions Matter Properties, Southwest University of Science and Technology, Mianyang, 621010, China

    Zao Yi

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Wang, Y., Li, R., Sun, X. et al. Photocatalytic Application of Ag-Decorated CuS/BaTiO3 Composite Photocatalysts for Degrading RhB. J. Electron. Mater. 50, 2674–2686 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11664-021-08787-x

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