Issue 97, 2014

A facile synthesis of flower-shaped TiO2/Ag microspheres and their application in photocatalysts

Abstract

Flower-shaped microspheres (FSMPs) TiO2 were successfully prepared using a sol-hydrothermal technique. A facile tyrosine-reducing method was adopted to reduce the Ag precursor to Ag nanoparticles (NPs) on the surface of the as-prepared TiO2 FSMPs. The morphology, structure and photocatalytic activity in the degradation of methylene blue (MB) of TiO2/Ag FSMPs were characterized by scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, UV-vis absorption spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. The results show that the photocatalytic activity of the TiO2/Ag FSMPs is superior to that of TiO2 FSMPs and P25, which is attributed to the unique flower-shaped morphology with high surface area, the increased light absorption, and the reduction of photoelectron–hole pair recombination in TiO2 with the introduction of Ag NPs.

Graphical abstract: A facile synthesis of flower-shaped TiO2/Ag microspheres and their application in photocatalysts

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
07 Aug 2014
Accepted
02 Oct 2014
First published
22 Oct 2014

RSC Adv., 2014,4, 54463-54468

Author version available

A facile synthesis of flower-shaped TiO2/Ag microspheres and their application in photocatalysts

L. Zhang, L. Chen, L. Chen and G. Zhu, RSC Adv., 2014, 4, 54463 DOI: 10.1039/C4RA08261C

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