title: A facile synthesis of Ag/AgCl hybrid nanostructures with tunable morphologies and compositions as advanced visible light plasmonic photocatalysts.
abstract: This paper describes a simple and fast aqueous-phase route to the synthesis of Ag/AgCl hybrid nanostructures. These hybrid nanostructures were synthesized by reduction of AgCl nanoparticles with controlled shapes prepared by reacting Ag(+) with Cl(-) in the presence of polyethyleneimine (PEI) in an aqueous-phase. We could easily control the morphology and composition of the nanostructures by varying the experimental conditions, including the reaction temperature and the amount of the reducing agent. The as-synthesized Ag/AgCl hybrid nanostructures exhibited enhanced photocatalytic activity and stability during the degradation of methyl orange under visible light irradiation because of their strong surface plasmon resonance (SPR) effect.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Youngin, 446-701, Korea. wskim@khu.ac.kr tkyu@khu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Aasim
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Shahzad
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Youngin, 446-701, Korea. wskim@khu.ac.kr tkyu@khu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Woo-Sik
authors.initials: WS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, College of Engineering, Kyung Hee University, Youngin, 446-701, Korea. wskim@khu.ac.kr tkyu@khu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Taekyung
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yu