{"title":"Photodegradation of Methyl Red under Visible Light Using Ag/TiO2 Synthesized by γ- Irradiation Method","authors":"Vo Thi Thu Nhu, N. Q. Hien","doi":"10.1109/GTSD.2016.66","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Commercial TiO<sub>2</sub> (P25) doped with metallic silver nanoparticles was prepared by γ-irradiation method. The size of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) was determined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to be of 1-2 nm. The photo-catalytic degradation of azo dye Metyl Red (MR) in the aqueous suspensions of TiO<sub>2</sub> and Ag/TiO<sub>2</sub> under visible light was carried out to evaluate the photo-catalytic activity. Results showed that Ag/TiO<sub>2</sub> was found to enhance higher photo-degradation efficiency of Metyl Red (72%) than those of commercial P25-TiO<sub>2</sub> (23%). Thus, γ-irradiation method can be suitably applied to prepare photo-catalyst of TiO<sub>2</sub> doped with siver nanoparticles with highly photo-catalytic activity under visible light.","PeriodicalId":340479,"journal":{"name":"2016 3rd International Conference on Green Technology and Sustainable Development (GTSD)","volume":"39 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2016-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"1","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"2016 3rd International Conference on Green Technology and Sustainable Development (GTSD)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1109/GTSD.2016.66","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Commercial TiO2 (P25) doped with metallic silver nanoparticles was prepared by γ-irradiation method. The size of silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) was determined by transmission electron microscopy (TEM) to be of 1-2 nm. The photo-catalytic degradation of azo dye Metyl Red (MR) in the aqueous suspensions of TiO2 and Ag/TiO2 under visible light was carried out to evaluate the photo-catalytic activity. Results showed that Ag/TiO2 was found to enhance higher photo-degradation efficiency of Metyl Red (72%) than those of commercial P25-TiO2 (23%). Thus, γ-irradiation method can be suitably applied to prepare photo-catalyst of TiO2 doped with siver nanoparticles with highly photo-catalytic activity under visible light.