Photo-corrosion inhibition of Ag3PO4 by polyaniline coating. Issue 29 (20th June 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Zhang, Yunfan; Selvaraj, Rengaraj; Kim, Younghun; Sillanpää, Mika; Tai, Cheuk-Wai
• Is Part Of: Desalination and water treatment. Volume 57:Issue 29(2016)
• Page Start: 13394
• Page End: 13403
• Publication Date: 2016-06-20
• Subjects: Polyaniline -- Ag3PO4 -- Photocatalyst -- Photo-corrosion inhibition -- Structural characterization; Saline water conversion -- Periodicals; Saline water conversion; Water -- Purification; Periodicals; 628.167
• DOI: 10.1080/19443994.2015.1058194
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1944-3994

Abstract

Abstract: In this paper, polyaniline-coated silver phosphate has been successfully prepared via a facile chemisorption method in order to improve the stability of Ag3 PO4 under light irradiation. The crystalline phase, band gap energy, and microstructure of the obtained PANI/Ag3 PO4 composites were characterized by X-ray diffraction, UV–vis diffuse reflection spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy, and transmission electron microscopy, respectively. The photocatalytic degradation of methlylene blue was performed to test the activities of PANI/Ag3 PO4 composites with different coating amounts and the results indicate that the stabilities of PANI/Ag3 PO4 composites were successfully enhanced. The correlation between photocatalytic performance and the properties of PANI/Ag3 PO4 composites is discussed in detail.