Silver nanoparticles/graphitic carbon nitride nanosheets for improved visible-light-driven photocatalytic performance

Emerging and Promising Multifunctional Nanomaterial for Textile Application Based on Graphitic Carbon Nitride Heterostructure Nanocomposites

“…The Ag/g-C 3 N 4 nanocomposites exhibit not only enhanced visible light photocatalytic performance, but also improved antimicrobial performance due to the excellent antimicrobial activity of Ag against a wide range of Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria, viruses, fungi, molds, yeasts, and algae [ 52 ]. Ag/g-C 3 N 4 nanocomposites have already been used for the degradation of environmental pollutants, such as in the decolourization of different dyes [ 30 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 58 ] and the degradation of organic solvents [ 53 , 59 , 60 , 61 ] and antibiotics [ 62 , 63 , 64 , 65 ]. They have also been used in hydrogen generation [ 66 ]; in microbial disinfection [ 57 , 67 , 68 ]; and as chemical sensors to detect drugs [ 69 , 70 ], biothiols [ 71 ], plant pigments [ 72 ], and pesticides [ 61 ].…”

“…Two different approaches have been used to prepare Ag/g-C 3 N 4 nanocomposites, namely one-step and two-step processes, the latter of which is more commonly used. In the two-step process [ 30 , 53 , 54 , 55 , 56 , 57 , 59 , 61 , 63 , 65 , 67 , 69 , 70 , 71 , 72 , 73 ], g-C 3 N 4 is first synthesized from a suitable precursor in the form of bulk material, g-C 3 N 4 nanosheets, or g-C 3 N 4 quantum dots. Then, g-C 3 N 4 is dispersed in the water medium and mixed with AgNO 3 , which serves as a precursor for Ag NPs.…”

Highly Efficient Solar‐Catalytic Degradation of Reactive Black 5 Dye Using Mesoporous Plasmonic Ag/g‐C3N4 Nanocomposites

“…They found that g-C 3 N 4 (10 %)/ZnO could degrade approximately 95 % of 4-CP within 60 min of visible-light irradiation. Ye et al [17] synthesized Ag/g-C 3 N 4 nanocamposite to degrade methyl orange (MO) under visible light illumination. The photocatalyic activity of Ag/g-C 3 N 4 was better in comparison with g-C 3 N 4 .…”

Green Synthesis of Ag–TiO2 Supported on Porous Glass with Enhanced Photocatalytic Performance for Oxidative Desulfurization and Removal of Dyes under Visible Light

“…The key issue for TiO 2 -based photocatalyst is to tune its photoactive range toward the visible light region (λ > 400 nm) . To date, coupling of a semiconductor with plasmon resonance nanoparticles has emerged as a breakthrough since the shape-dependent optical properties of metallic nanostructures retrieve the quantum efficiency. , As reported by Gong et al, the integration of plasmonic noble metals (such as Au and Ag) with photocatalysts was regarded as an effective method by taking advantage of the plasmonic effect to enhance the absorbance of visible light and trapping the photogenerated electrons to decrease the charge carrier recombination rate.…”

“…11 To date, coupling of a semiconductor with plasmon resonance nanoparticles has emerged as a breakthrough since the shape-dependent optical properties of metallic nanostructures retrieve the quantum efficiency. 12,13 As reported by Gong et al, 14 the integration of plasmonic noble metals (such as Au and Ag) with photocatalysts was regarded as an effective method by taking advantage of the plasmonic effect to enhance the absorbance of visible light and trapping the photogenerated electrons to decrease the charge carrier recombination rate. The noble metal/TiO 2 composites have been used as photocatalysts in degrading organic pollutants, such as aromatic sulfur-containing compounds and dyes.…”