“…The crystal structures of as-prepared samples (β-MnO 2 and AgBr) including AgBr/β-MnO 2 nanocomposites with the varying molar ratio of AgBr are presented in Figure . As can be seen from the obtained results, different diffraction peaks located at 28.63, 37.30, 40.84, 42.81, 56.60, 59.36, 65.87, 67.43, and 72.36° correspond to the (110), (101), (200), (111), (211), (220), (002), (310), and (301) tetragonal phases of pure photocatalyst β-MnO 2 . − The AgBr diffraction peaks centered at 26.68, 31.0, 44.4,52.69, 55.04, 64.2, and 73.36° were attributed to (111), (200), (220), (311), (222), (400), and (420) crystal planes of hexagonal AgBr. ,, The AgBr/β-MnO 2 nanocomposites have the same diffraction peaks as those of AgBr. At the same time, the diffraction peaks of β-MnO 2 are so weak that they are difficult to observe in AgBr/β-MnO 2 nanocomposites compared with AgBr, which may be due to the small amount of β-MnO 2 in the nanocomposite materials, and its existence was later confirmed by the EDS.…”