A dispersive scattering centers-based strategy for dramatically enhancing the photocatalytic efficiency of photocatalysts in liquid-phase photochemical processes: a case of Ag nanosheets.

A dispersive scattering centers-based strategy was proposed to enhance the photocatalytic efficiency of photocatalysts in liquid-phase photochemical processes. Photocatalytic efficiencies of the photocatalyst, Degussa P25, in water splitting and photodegradation were markedly enhanced by using Ag nanosheets as dispersive scattering centers.

Stepwise assembly of two 3d-4d heterometallic coordination polymers based on a hexanuclear silver(I) metalloligand.

Two novel 3d-4d heterometallic coordination polymers {[Cu(3)(bipy)(3)(H(2)O)(5)][Ag(6)(mna)(6)]·11.5H(2)O}(n) (1) and {[Zn(3)(eda)(3)(H(2)O)(4)][Ag(6)(mna)(6)]·8H(2)O}(n) (2) were synthesized based on a hexanuclear silver(I) metalloligand by a three-step synthetic method (bipy = 2, 2'-bipyridine, eda = ethylenediamine and H(2)mna = 2-mercaptonicotinic acid). The photoluminescence behaviors of 1 and 2 were also discussed.