Proceedings of the 2016 3rd International Conference on Mechatronics and Information Technology

Fabrication of TiO2 / Ag / Ag3PO4 Heterostructured Nanorod Arrays on FTO for Enhanced Photoelectrochemical and Photocatalytic Performances

Authors
Wei Liang, Shengling Lin, Chuanxiang Chen, Ankang Chen
Corresponding Author
Wei Liang
Available Online April 2016.
DOI
10.2991/icmit-16.2016.114How to use a DOI?
Keywords
TiO2 nanorod arrays, Photocatalyst, Photoelectrochemical, Heteronanostructure.
Abstract

This research explores the preparation of TiO2/Ag/Ag3PO4 heterostructured nanorod arrays on transparent conductive FTO glass for the first time. The structures and morphologies of the products were characterized by using scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and X-ray diffraction (XRD). Moreover, their photoelectrochemical performances under visible light irradiation have been explored by electrochemical techniques. The photocurrent density of TiO2/Ag/Ag3PO4 nanorod arrays could reach up to 2.60 mA-cm-2, which is much higher than that of pure TiO2 nanorod arrays (1.20 mA-cm-2). In addition, the efficiency of TiO2/Ag/Ag3PO4 arrays in photocatalytic degradation of RhB reached 94.5% within 3 hours, but pure TiO2 nanorod arrays was only 74.8%. Above results are of great significance for the practical use of the as-prepared nanorod arrays.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 2016 3rd International Conference on Mechatronics and Information Technology
Series
Advances in Computer Science Research
Publication Date
April 2016
ISBN
978-94-6252-184-1
ISSN
2352-538X
DOI
10.2991/icmit-16.2016.114How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2016, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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