Abstract
We have successfully fabricated sandwich structural Ag3PO4 nanoparticle/polydopamine/Al2O3 porous small balls (APPAOs) by a facile homogeneous precipitation method, which exhibit a natural light catalysis capacity to degrade different kinds of water pollutants including industrial dyes and agricultural pesticides. The porous Al2O3 provides the substrate to form the Ag3PO4/Al2O3 heterojunction, as well as increases the specific surface area (SSA) of the Ag3PO4 nanoparticle, thus greatly enhancing the photocatalytic capacity. Polydopamine (PDA) plays the role of adhesive between Al2O3 substrate and Ag3PO4 nanoparticle, aiming to stabilize the synthesized APPAO catalyst. A part of Ag3PO4 is reduced by PDA and transformed into a Ag nanosphere, which further increases SSA and enhances the catalytic ability of the material by the plasmonic effect. Further study shows that there is a dynamic process between catalysis and adsorption/desorption equilibrium; i.e., with the catalysis going ahead, the adsorption/deso...
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