Abstract
Herein, we report the synthesis of between SnO
2
QDs /AgVO
3
nanoribbons/g-C
3
N
4
nanosheets of ternary photocatalytic systems for the production of H
2
through light irradiation. The SnO
2
/AgVO
3
/g-C
3
N
4
photocatalyst was successfully produced by using the hydrothermal process. The structural characterizations of the samples revealed the successful formation of ternary heterostructures where SnO
2
, AgVO
3
and g-C
3
N
4
(quantum dots/nanoribbons/nanosheets) 0D/1D/2D structures make a good interface with each other. The fabricated heterostructures of AgVO
3
/g-C
3
N
4
and SnO
2
/AgVO
3
/g-C
3
N
4
photocatalytic structures performed enriched photocatalytic performance for H
2
production over that of the pristine g-C
3
N
4
, AgVO
3
and SnO
2
photocatalysts. The AgVO
3
/g-C
3
N
4
and SnO
2
/AgVO
3
/g-C
3
N
4
of photocatalysts were found to produce H
2
of around 17,000 μmol g
-1
and 77,000 μmol g
-1
, respectively, which is much 4.5 times greater than that of AgVO
3
/g-C
3
N
4
photocatalyst. Moreover, the photodegradation behaviours of prepared catalysts were studied with the dye (rhodamine B, RhB) under light irradiation. The ternary composite SnO
2
/AgVO
3
/g-C
3
N
4
performed photodegradation of RhB in 50 min. The higher photocatalytic activity for the ternary photocatalysts is predominantly due to the effective charge separation at the perfect interface formation amid SnO
2
and AgVO
3
/g-C
3
N
4
.