Delicate Ag/V₂O₅/TiO₂ ternary nanostructures as a high-performance photocatalyst

Here we report, for the first time, delicate ternary nanostructures consisting of TiO₂ nanoplatelets co-doped with Ag and V₂O₅ nanoparticles. The relationship between the composition and the morphology is systematically studied. We find a remarkable synergistic effect among the three components, and the resulting delicate Ag/V₂O₅/TiO₂ ternary nanostructures exhibit a superior photocatalytic performance over neat TiO₂ nanoplatelets as well as Ag/TiO₂ and V₂O₅/TiO₂ binary nanostructures for the degradation of methyl orange. We believe our delicate Ag/V₂O₅/TiO₂ ternary nanostructures may lay a basis for developing next-generating, high-performance composite photocatalysts.