Graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) nanosheets loaded with WO 3 nanoparticles were prepared via heat treatment of g-C 3 N 4 together with WO x -EDA nanobelts. The thermal treatment temperature and WO x -EDA precursor play the key role in enhancing the interaction between WO 3 nanoparticles and g-C 3 N 4 nanosheets, because the temperature of thermal decomposition of WO x -EDA ($400 C) is close to the thermal exfoliation temperature of g-C 3 N 4 . The structure evolution and promotion effect of the nanocomposites in photocatalytic performance were well studied. It is found that WO 3 nanoparticles uniformly dispersed on the surface of the g-C 3 N 4 nanosheets, and the close integration of WO 3 and g-C 3 N 4 lead to the high photocatalytic activity in the degradation of RhB under visible light irradiation.Meanwhile, a larger specific area and increase of visible light absorption are also of benefit to speed up the degradation of organic dye. Also, the mechanism of the photocatalytic reaction and its reutilization properties were investigated.

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Octahedral-shaped perovskite PbTiO3 nanocrystals (PT OCT) with well-defined {111} facets exposed have been successfully synthesized via a facile hydrothermal method by using LiNO3 as an ion surfactant. The Li-O bond on the surface of PT OCT nanocrystals is essential to the stability of such nanocrystals and also results in a dramatic high visible-light photocatalytic activity.