sunlight response agclxbr1-x via facile ultrasound fabrication: enhanced hetero-photocatalytic degradation of dyed contaminant

The agclxbr1-x (x = 0, 0#75, 1) solid solution nanophotocatalysts were fabricated by a sono-precipitation method# the structure of phases made, and morphology of as-synthesized photocatalysts was explored by xrd, and fesem techniques# the result of xrd indicates the successful synthesis of a solid solution as agcl0#75br0#25 and pure agcl and agbr# the photocatalytic activity of nanophotocatalysts was investigated under simulated solar light illumination in the degradation of rhodamine b with an initial concentration of 20 mg/l as a complex model dye pollutant# the agcl0#75br0#25 sample showed higher photocatalytic activity (99#2%) compared to the bare agcl and agbr# the enhanced photocatalytic activity of agcl0#75br0#25 might be ascribed to the high separation of the photo-generated electron-hole pairs and increasing the absorption of light#