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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)
  • Received : 2013.09.02
  • Accepted : 2014.01.07
  • Published : 2014.01.31
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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.

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