Ag₂O-decorated electrospun BiVO₄ nanofibers with enhanced photocatalytic performance.

ABSTRACT: Semiconductor photocatalysts are emerging as tools for pollutant degradation in industrial wastewater, air purification, antibacterial applications, etc. due to their use of visible light, which is abundant in sunlight. Here, we report a new type of p-n junction Ag₂O/BiVO₄ heterogeneous nanostructured photocatalyst with enhanced photocatalytic performance. P-type Ag₂O nanoparticles were in situ reduced and assembled on the surface of electrospun BiVO₄ nanofibers using ultraviolet (UV) irradiation; this process hindered the recombination of localized photogenerated electron-hole pairs, and hence resulted in the enhanced photocatalytic activity of the BiVO₄/Ag₂O nanocomposites. The photocatalytic activities of th

SUBMITTER: Ren J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9049594 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature