AgVO3 nanorods: Synthesis, characterization and visible light photocatalytic activity

Sivakumar, V.; Suresh, R.; Giribabu, K.; Narayanan, V.

Abstract

Large scale and high purity silver vanadate (AgVO3) nanorods were synthesized by thermal decomposition method. X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, Ultraviolet-Visible (DRS-UV-Visible) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and transmission electron microscopy (TEM) were employed to characterize the structure, light absorption capacity and morphology of the as-synthesized sample. The photocatalytic activity of AgVO3 nanorods was examined by degradation of methylene blue (MB) as a model organic pollutant. The degradation efficiency is 85.02% in the 120 min visible light illumination. Further, the AgVO3 nanorods were used as a photocatalyst for industrial effluent. 95.4% degradation efficiency was obtained within the visible light irradiation of 120 min. The possible photocatalytic mechanism has also been proposed. (C) 2014 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

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Título de la Revista: SOLID STATE SCIENCES
Volumen: 39
Editorial: Elsevier
Fecha de publicación: 2015
Página de inicio: 34
Página final: 39
DOI:

10.1016/j.solidstatesciences.2014.10.016

Notas: ISI