title: Ag(I)-bovine serum albumin hydrosol-mediated formation of Ag3PO4/reduced graphene oxide composites for visible-light degradation of Rhodamine B solution.
abstract: A cost-effective Ag(I)-bovine serum albumin (BSA) supramolecular hydrosol strategy was utilized to assemble Ag3PO4 nanospheres onto reduced graphene oxide (rGO) sheets. The obtained composites were characterized by X-ray diffraction, scanning electron microscopy, transmission electron microscopy, atomic force microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, UV-vis absorption spectroscopy and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Compared with the pure Ag3PO4 crystals and Ag3PO4 particles prepared with Ag(I)-BSA hydrosol as precursor, the Ag3PO4/rGO composites obtained with different content of graphene oxide indicated improved visible-light-driven photocatalysis activity for the decomposition of Rhodamine B aqueous solution. The results pointed to the possibility of synthesizing graphene-based photocatalysts by metal ion-BSA hydrosol.
authors.affiliation: School of Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, PR China. Electronic address: mapeiyan@whut.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Peiyan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ma
authors.affiliation: School of Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, PR China.
authors.forename: Anliang
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: School of Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, PR China.
authors.forename: Yan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.affiliation: State Key Lab of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, PR China.
authors.forename: Zhengyi
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.affiliation: School of Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, PR China.
authors.forename: Wei
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.affiliation: School of Science, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, PR China.
authors.forename: Liyuan
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Che
authors.affiliation: State Key Lab of Advanced Technology for Materials Synthesis and Processing, Wuhan University of Technology, Wuhan, Hubei 430070, PR China.
authors.forename: Ruifang
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ma
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002384:Catalysis; D002417:Cattle; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000737:chemistry*; D006108:Graphite / Q000737:chemistry*; D020100:Hydrogels; D007700:Kinetics; D008027:Light; D008855:Microscopy, Electron, Scanning; D010087:Oxides; D010710:Phosphates / Q000737:chemistry*; D056951:Photoelectron Spectroscopy; D010782:Photolysis; D012235:Rhodamines / Q000737:chemistry*; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine / Q000737:chemistry*; D018030:Silver Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D020100:Hydrogels; D010087:Oxides; D010710:Phosphates; D012235:Rhodamines; D018030:Silver Compounds; D012710:Serum Albumin, Bovine; D006108:Graphite; C029773:rhodamine B; C039072:silver phosphate
keywords: Ag(3)PO(4); Ag(I)-bovine serum albumin hydrosol; Photocatalysis; Reduced graphene oxide