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MATERIALS RESEARCH EXPRESS
Volume 7, Issue 9, Pages -Publisher
IOP PUBLISHING LTD
DOI: 10.1088/2053-1591/abb90c
Keywords
cubic-shape; hematite; plasmonic; Au-Ag bimetal; visible light
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- Gachon University [GCU-2017-0173]
- Korea Institute of Energy Technology Evaluation and Planning (KETEP)
- Ministry of Trade, Industry, and Energy (MOTIE) of the Republic of Korea [20194030202440]
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Cubic-shape hematite (C-Fe2O3) was facilely prepared by hydrothermal autoclave reaction of Fe(3+)in the presence of 1,12-diaminododecane at 130 degrees C for 10 h. The surface of C-Fe(2)O(3)was decorated with nanosilvers through the sonochemical reduction of Ag precursor (0.1-0.4 ml of 1.0 wt.% AgNO3), so-called C-Fe2O3@Ag. After then, the C-Fe2O3@Ag was plated with Au layerviagalvanic-assisted reduction of Au precursor (0.04-0.14 ml of 1.0 wt.% HAuCl4), so-called C-Fe2O3@Ag-Au. Scanning electron microscopy demonstrated the formation of cubic-shape hematite deposited with plasmonic nanometals. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy analysis confirmed the existence of Ag and Au crystals. Photocatalytic performance of the hematite samples was estimated towards the degradation of methylene blue (MB) under visible light. The C-Fe2O3@Ag (0.2 ml) exhibited the five-fold increase of photocatalytic activity to that of the pristine C-Fe2O3. Furthermore, Au-deposited C-Fe2O3@Ag (0.2 ml), i.e., C-Fe2O3@Ag-Au, exhibited the 200% increase of photocatalytic activity to that of the C-Fe2O3@Ag (0.2 ml), owing to the plasmonic coupling effect on the extended visible light absorbance and enhanced separation efficiency of electron-hole pairs on the hematite surface.
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