Abstract
Nanocomposites (NCs) consisting of 4%Ag/x%WO3/TiO2, with varied concentrations (x = 1, 3, 5, 7 wt.%) of WO3, were successfully synthesized using the sol-gel process to examine their photocatalytic performance. The synthesized 4%Ag/x%WO3/TiO2 nanopowder was characterized using X-ray diffraction (XRD), Raman spectroscopy, scanning electron microscopy (SEM), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectra (UV–vis DRS), photoluminescence (PL), and Brunauer–Emmett–Teller (BET) surface area analysis to elucidate its physicochemical properties. The photocatalytic evaluation revealed that the Ag/1%WO3/TiO2 nanocomposite exhibits 98% photoreduction efficiency for Cr(VI) after 2 h under visible light due to the impact of the plasmonic effect of Ag atoms. In addition, the Ag/4%WO3/TiO2 shows about 95% photooxidation efficiency for methylene blue (MB) dye after 4 h.
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