“…The diffraction peaks at 27.8°, 32.3°, 46.2°, 54.8°, 57.5°, 67.5°, 74.5°, and 76.7° corresponded to the (1 1 1), (2 0 0), (2 2 0), (3 1 1), (2 2 2), and (4 0 0) planes of crystalline AgCl (JCPDS:31-1238), and the weak diffraction peak at 38.1° corresponded to the (1 1 1) plane of Ag 0 crystal (JCPDS: 04-0783) in the Ag@AgCl/a-Cu composite. 18,19 It indicated that a small amount of AgCl was reduced to Ag 0 , and the addition of a-Cu during the preparation process had no significant effect on the formation of AgCl crystals and Ag 0 . Except for the crystalline peaks of AgCl and Ag, no other diffraction peak existed, which also revealed that the elemental copper still was present in the amorphous state in the Ag@AgCl/a-Cu composite.…”