Designing highly potential photocatalytic comprising silver deposited ZnO NPs with sulfurized graphitic carbon nitride (Ag/ZnO/S-g-C3N4) ternary composite

Shahid Iqbal; Naveed Ahmad; Mohsin Javed; Muhammad Azam Qamar; Ali Bahadur; Shahid Ali; Zahoor Ahmad; Rana Muhammad Irfan; Guocong Liu; Muhammad Bilal Akbar; Muhammad Abdul Qayyum

doi:10.1016/j.jece.2020.104919

Designing highly potential photocatalytic comprising silver deposited ZnO NPs with sulfurized graphitic carbon nitride (Ag/ZnO/S-g-C₃N₄) ternary composite

Shahid Iqbal
, Naveed Ahmad
, Mohsin Javed^*
, Muhammad Azam Qamar
, Ali Bahadur^*
, Shahid Ali
, Zahoor Ahmad
, Rana Muhammad Irfan
, Guocong Liu
, Muhammad Bilal Akbar
, Muhammad Abdul Qayyum

^*Corresponding author for this work

Interdisciplinary Research Center for Hydrogen Technologies and Carbon Management

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Abstract

A series of ternary-composite were synthesized by the integration of 7% silver-mixed ZnO NPs with different contents (3.5-75 wt%) of sulfur-doped graphitic carbon nitride (S-g-C3N4). A unique ternary-composite formed between Ag/ZnO and S-g-C3N4 generates a vast number of catalytic active sites for photocatalytic degradation. The as-synthesized 7% Ag/ZnO nanocomposite showed maximum methylene blue (MB) degradation rate among the series (0-9%) under visible light. The synergistic effects of the Ag/ZnO/S-g-C3N4 ternary-composite enhanced photocatalytic activity, and photo-corrosion resistance was demonstrated successfully. The photo-corrosion of ZnO NPs was inhibited by simultaneous mixing Ag and coupling with S-g-C3N4, which was verified through cyclic photo-degradation with six consecutive dye degradation tests. Interestingly, the 25% Ag/ZnO/S-g-C3N4 ternary-composite exhibited a significant increase in photodegradation of MB.

Original language	English
Article number	104919
Journal	Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering
Volume	9
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2020.104919
State	Published - Feb 2021

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Keywords

Carbon nitride
Dye degradation
Nanocomposites
Photocatalysis
Ternary structure
ZnO NPs

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Chemical Engineering (miscellaneous)
General Chemical Engineering
Environmental Science (miscellaneous)
Waste Management and Disposal
Pollution
General Engineering
Process Chemistry and Technology

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Iqbal, S., Ahmad, N., Javed, M., Qamar, M. A., Bahadur, A., Ali, S., Ahmad, Z., Irfan, R. M., Liu, G., Akbar, M. B., & Qayyum, M. A. (2021). Designing highly potential photocatalytic comprising silver deposited ZnO NPs with sulfurized graphitic carbon nitride (Ag/ZnO/S-g-C₃N₄) ternary composite. Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, 9(1), Article 104919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2020.104919

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Iqbal, S, Ahmad, N, Javed, M, Qamar, MA, Bahadur, A, Ali, S, Ahmad, Z, Irfan, RM, Liu, G, Akbar, MB & Qayyum, MA 2021, 'Designing highly potential photocatalytic comprising silver deposited ZnO NPs with sulfurized graphitic carbon nitride (Ag/ZnO/S-g-C₃N₄) ternary composite', Journal of Environmental Chemical Engineering, vol. 9, no. 1, 104919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jece.2020.104919

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