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Ag3PO4@holmium phosphate core@shell composites with enhanced photocatalytic activity

Fengfeng Li,ab   Zhihong Li, ORCID logo *a   Mingxi Zhang,cb   Yi Shen,*b   Yongfeng Cai,b   Yaran Li,b   Xinyu Heb  and  Chen Chenb  

* Corresponding authors

a Key Lab for Advanced Ceramics and Machining Technology of Ministry of Education, School of Materials Science and Engineering of Tianjin University, Tianjin, China
E-mail: lizhihongtju@163.com

b Key Laboratory of Inorganic Nonmetallic Materials of Hebei Province, Key Laboratory of Environment Functional Materials of Tangshan City, North China University of Science and Technology, Tangshan, Hebei, China

c Light Alloy Research Institute, Central South University, Changsha, Hubei, China

Abstract

In this study, Ag3PO4@holmium phosphate (HP) composite photocatalysts were first prepared by silver-ammonia-solution-assisted solution co-deposition. During co-deposition, Ag3PO4 particles were encapsulated by a flocculent amorphous substance layer of HP, affording a Ag3PO4@HP core–shell heterojunction structure with a Ho/Ag molar ratio of 0.05/2.95. The core–shell structure significantly improved the photocatalytic activity of Ag3PO4. In addition, the photocatalytic mechanism of Ag3PO4@HP was discussed.

Graphical abstract: Ag3PO4@holmium phosphate core@shell composites with enhanced photocatalytic activity

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C7RA01444A
Article type
Paper
Submitted
04 Feb 2017
Accepted
09 Jun 2017
First published
11 Jul 2017
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

RSC Adv., 2017,7, 34705-34713

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Ag3PO4@holmium phosphate core@shell composites with enhanced photocatalytic activity

F. Li, Z. Li, M. Zhang, Y. Shen, Y. Cai, Y. Li, X. He and C. Chen, RSC Adv., 2017, 7, 34705 DOI: 10.1039/C7RA01444A

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