Promoted spatial charge separation of plasmon Ag and co-catalyst Co P decorated mesoporous g-CN nanosheet assembly for unexpected solar-driven photocatalytic performance.

Plasmon Ag and co-catalyst Co P decorated mesoporous graphite carbon nitride nanosheet assemblies have been synthesized via a template-calcination and ball milling strategy combined with photoreduction. The obtained composites are characterized by x-ray diffraction, Fourier transmission infrared spectroscopy, x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, transmission electron microscopy, and UV-vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. The results show that the sample assembly with mesoporous structure has specific surface area of 50.