title: One-step synthesis of amorphous silver silicates with tunable light absorption spectra and photocatalytic activities in the visible region.
abstract: A series of amorphous silver silicates with different compositions were synthesized for the first time by one-step co-precipitation. Silicate ions were found to have important role on determining visible light absorption and photocatalytic activities of amorphous silver silicates, and the sample with Ag/Si ratio of 3.20 exhibits optimal photocatalytic activity.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100 (P. R. China).
authors.forename: Zaizhu
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lou
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100 (P. R. China). bbhuang@sdu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Zeyan
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100 (P. R. China). wangzeyang@sdu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Baibiao
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Huang
authors.affiliation: School of Physics, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100 (P. R. China).
authors.forename: Ying
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100 (P. R. China).
authors.forename: Gang
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100 (P. R. China).
authors.forename: Zaiyong
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Jiang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100 (P. R. China).
authors.forename: Xiaoyang
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100 (P. R. China).
authors.forename: Xiaoyan
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Qin
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Crystal Materials, Shandong University, Jinan, 250100 (P. R. China).
authors.forename: Yanqing
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Li
keywords: absorption spectroscopy; amorphous materials; photocatalysis; silicates; silver