Rapid synthesis of colloidal silver triangular nanoprisms and their promotion of TiO₂ photocatalysis on methylene blue under visible light

This study synthesizes colloidal silver triangular nanoprisms via dual-reduction method. The particle morphology is controlled by changing the silver nitrate and polyvinylpyrrolidone concentrations. The triangular silver and spherical silver colloids are combined with TiO₂ powder for methylene blue (MB) photodegradation in visible light. Comparisons between the spherical Ag (S-Ag) and experimental results show that the triangular silver (T-Ag) significantly promotes MB degradation under visible light, which contributes to the surface plasmon resonance effect on the Ag triangular nanoprisms.