Microwave-assisted method for one-pot preparation of ZnO/Ag3VO4 nanocomposites with considerable visible-light absorption ability

Nowadays, preparations of different nanoscaled semiconductors have attracted worldwideattention, due to their widespread applications in different desciplines [1]. Some of thesesemicinductors are applied as heterogeneous photocatalysts. Heterogeneous visible-lightphotocatalysts have potential applications in production of fine materials, treatment ofpollutants, splitting of water to produce hydrogen, and reduction of carbon dioxide todifferent fuels using solar energy [2-4]. Hence, fabrication of visible-light-drivenphotocatalysts with considerable activity using conventional photocatalysts such as TiO2 andZnO, with wide band gaps of nearly 3.2 eV, is major challenge in the field of photocatalysts.In these regards, we successfully prepared ZnO/Ag3VO4 nanocomposites using microwaveirradiationone-pot procedure. Properties of the as-prepared samples were characterized byXRD, EDX, SEM, TEM, DRS, PL, and FT-IR techniques.