title: Synthesis and visible light photocatalytic property of polyhedron-shaped AgNbO3.
abstract: Polyhedron-shaped AgNbO3 photocatalysts were synthesized by solvothermal and liquid-solid methods. Their photocatalytic properties were evaluated from the photocatalytic O2 evolution under visible light irradiation. The polyhedron-shaped AgNbO3 was induced to grow by shaped silver particles followed by the free-growth model. The photocatalytic results indicate that the polyhedron-shaped morphology is favourable for the photocatalytic O2 evolution under visible light irradiation in comparison with the spherical one. Furthermore, the Cu doping on the surface would enhance the visible light photocatalytic activity significantly.
authors.affiliation: National Laboratory of Solid State Microstructures, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Guoqiang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Shicheng
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.forename: Zhiqiang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Xiangyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Zhaosheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Jinhua
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Ye
authors.forename: Zhigang
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Zou