Facile controlled synthesis of Ag₃PO₄ with various morphologies for enhanced photocatalytic oxygen evolution from water splitting.

ABSTRACT: A facile and green hydrothermal method has been developed for the synthesis of Ag₃PO₄ with a variety of morphologies, including cubic, rhombic dodecahedral, spherical and roughly spherical, by using Ag₄P₂O₇ as a sacrificial precursor. The as-prepared catalysts were characterized by carrying out X-ray diffraction (XRD), scanning electron microscopy (SEM), UV-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy (UV-Vis DRS), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). The morphology of Ag₃PO₄ was controlled by simply adjusting the hydrothermal reaction temperature and time, without adding any templates and organic additives. Kinetics studies and characterization results revealed t

SUBMITTER: He G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9064677 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature