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American Institute of Physics, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology B, 4(41), 2023

DOI: 10.1116/6.0002510

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Fabrication of plasma-reduced silver coupled with titanium dioxide nanoparticles for visible light-driven photocatalysis

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Abstract

The photocatalytic activity of titanium dioxide (TiO2) was improved by forming a matrix containing silver (Ag) nanoparticles (NPs) prepared by a plasma process. The plasma-assisted reduction process successfully formed metallic Ag on the surface of the TiO2 NP matrix to create the Ag-TiO2 Janus heterostructure. The synthesized NPs were characterized using Brunauer, Emmett, and Teller surface analysis, transmission electron microscopy, x-ray diffraction spectroscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, and UV-vis spectroscopy. Photocatalytic dye decomposition experiments revealed up to 96% methylene blue removal after 4 h of visible light irradiation, a fivefold increase in removal efficiency compared to using TiO2 NPs only.