Research Article
AgBr-Coupled
TiO2: A Visible Heterostructured Photocatalyst for Degrading Dye Pollutants
Table 1
Synthesis condition, phase composition, and crystalline size of AgBr/TiO2 photocatalysts.
| Sample No. | AgNO3/TiO2 (wt) | Phase composition of TiO2 | | Anatase/% | Crystalline size/nm* | Rutile/% | Crystalline size/nm* | C/C0 |
| a | AgBr | — | — | — | — | 0.378 | b | TiO2 | 70.8 | 20 | 29.2 | 27 | 0.738 | c | 1 | 13.9 | 28 | 86.1 | 36 | 0.272 | d | 2 | 66.7 | 23 | 33.3 | 40 | 0.073 | e | 3 | 86.9 | 15 | 13.1 | 38 | 0.041 | f | 3.35 | 97.1 | 18 | 2.9 | 41 | 0.029 | g | 3.5 | 75 | 17 | 25 | 38 | 0.076 | h | 4 | 87.4 | 18 | 12.6 | 43 | 0.128 |
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