Published June 24, 2015 | Version v1
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Visible light assisted degradation of organic dye using Ag3PO4

  • 1. Nanomaterials Laboratory, Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli – 620 015 India (India)
  • 2. Organic and Polymer Synthesis Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, National Institute of Technology Tiruchirappalli – 620 015 India (India)

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The study of visible light photodegradation of organic dye Methylene Blue (MB) have been investigated using silver phosphate (Ag3PO4) as a photocatalyst which is good efficient material for photocatalytic reaction. The simple ion-exchange method is used to prepare Ag3PO4. The structure of the material have been confirmed using X-ray diffraction which shows cubic structure of Ag3PO4. The functional group of the Ag3PO4 has been verified by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The bandgap of Ag3PO4 is calculated using kubelka-munk function from the ultra violet-visible diffuse reflectance spectroscopy, the absorption of Ag3PO4 starts from 470 nm. Under simulated visible light irradiation, Ag3PO4 catalyst exhibits good catalytic ability for degrading MB dye

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Journal Title
AIP Conference Proceedings
Journal Volume
1665
Journal Issue
1
Journal Page Range
vp.
ISSN
0094-243X
CODEN
APCPCS

Conference

Title
59. DAE solid state physics symposium 2014
Dates
16-20 Dec 2014
Place
Tamilnadu (India)

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