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http://dx.doi.org/10.4191/kcers.2014.51.1.001

Facile Preparation of Ag2S-CNT Nanocomposites with Enhanced Photo-catalytic Activity  

Meng, Ze-Da (Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Environmental Functional Materials, College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Suzhou University of Science and Technology)
Sarkar, Sourav (Department of Advanced Materials Science & Engineering, Hanseo University)
Zhu, Lei (Department of Advanced Materials Science & Engineering, Hanseo University)
Ullah, Kefayat (Department of Advanced Materials Science & Engineering, Hanseo University)
Ye, Shu (Department of Advanced Materials Science & Engineering, Hanseo University)
Oh, Won-Chun (Department of Advanced Materials Science & Engineering, Hanseo University)
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Journal of the Korean Ceramic Society / v.51, no.1, 2014 , pp. 1-6 More about this Journal
Abstract
Here we report improved photo-catalytic effect of $Ag_2S$ under visible light using carbon nano-tubes (CNT) modified with $Ag_2S$ nanoparticles. The optical properties, structural properties and compositional analysis, as well as the photo-electrochemical properties of the prepared composites were investigated. It was found that the photocurrent density, and the photo-catalytic effect, was increased by modification of CNT in this way. Compared with the separate effects of $Ag_2S$ and CNT nanoparticles, the photocatalytic effect of CNT-modified-with-$Ag_2S$ composites, increased significantly due to a synergistic effect between the CNT and the $Ag_2S$ nanoparticles.
Keywords
CNT; $Ag_2S$; Visible light; FTIR; UV-vis; TBA;
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