simple synthesis of agi nanophotocatalyst with potato-like architecture self-assembled from spherical 0d particles: photocatalytic co2 reduction to fuel under simulated sunlight

The agi nanophotocatalyst with potato-like architecture self-assembled from spherical 0d particles has been synthesized by precipitation method in order to solid/liquid phase photocatalytic reduction of co2 under the irradiation of simulated sunlight. x-ray diffraction (xrd), field emission scanning electron microscope (fesem) and 3d texture analyses performed to evaluated crystalline and structural properties of the synthesized photocatalyst. according to photoreduction test among thea all products, which could produce in this process, only methanol with production rate of 107.9 µmol/gcatalyst over the 8 hours was detected.