title: Ag2Mo3O10 Nanorods Decorated with Ag2S Nanoparticles: Visible-Light Photocatalytic Activity, Photostability, and Charge Transfer.
abstract: Ag2Mo3O10 nanorods decorated with Ag2 S nanoparticles have been synthesized by an anion-exchange route. With thiourea as the sulfur source, sulfur ions replace [Mo3O10](2-) units of active sites on the surface of Ag2Mo3O10 nanorods, forming Ag2Mo3O10 nanorods decorated with Ag2S nanoparticles. This induces enhanced absorption in the visible-light region. Ag2 S nanoparticles decorate the surface of Ag2Mo3O10 nanorods uniformly with a suitable amount of thiourea. The Ag2S/Ag2Mo3O10 nanoheterostructure enhances the photocatalytic activity on the degradations of Rhodamine B and glyphosate under visible light. This enhancement is attributed to the improved absorption of visible light and effective separation of charge carriers in the nanoheterostructure. Meanwhile, the Ag2S/Ag2Mo3O10 nanoheterostructure displays good photocatalytic stability based on cyclic photocatalytic experiments.
authors.affiliation: Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organochemical Materials; Ministry-of-Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Applications of Organic Functional Molecules, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062 (P. R. China).
authors.forename: Xianjie
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organochemical Materials; Ministry-of-Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Applications of Organic Functional Molecules, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062 (P. R. China).
authors.forename: Fenglin
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Liu
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri 64110 (USA).
authors.forename: Xiaodong
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Yan
authors.affiliation: Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organochemical Materials; Ministry-of-Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Applications of Organic Functional Molecules, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062 (P. R. China).
authors.forename: Yang
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.affiliation: Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organochemical Materials; Ministry-of-Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Applications of Organic Functional Molecules, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062 (P. R. China).
authors.forename: Qian
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.affiliation: Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organochemical Materials; Ministry-of-Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Applications of Organic Functional Molecules, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062 (P. R. China).
authors.forename: Juan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Wan
authors.affiliation: Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organochemical Materials; Ministry-of-Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Applications of Organic Functional Molecules, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062 (P. R. China). tian7978@hubu.edu.cn.|Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri 64110 (USA). tian7978@hubu.edu.cn.
authors.forename: Lihong
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.affiliation: Hubei Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Organochemical Materials; Ministry-of-Education Key Laboratory for the Synthesis and Applications of Organic Functional Molecules, Hubei University, Wuhan 430062 (P. R. China).
authors.forename: Qinghua
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Xia
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri - Kansas City, Kansas City, Missouri 64110 (USA). chenxiaobo@umkc.edu.
authors.forename: Xiaobo
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Chen
keywords: anion exchange; glyphosates; nanoheterostructures; photocatalysis; silver