Supplementary material for the article: Muñoz-Fernandez, L., Alkan, G., Milošević, O., Rabanal, M.E., Friedrich, B., 2019. Synthesis and characterisation of spherical core-shell Ag/ZnO nanocomposites using single and two – steps ultrasonic spray pyrolysis (USP). Catalysis Today 321–322, 26–33. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cattod.2017.11.029

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Figure S1: Schematic shown of modified two-step USP equipment (2 steps); Figure S2. The growth mechanism of Ag/ZnO nanocomposite systems synthesised by USP in single and two steps; Figure S3. Enlarged figures 4.c and 4.d (photocatalytic activity of Ag/ZnO systems by % elimination of methylene blue (MB) solution under UV irradiation); Table S1. Synthesis conditions of Ag/ZnO systems obtained by USP at 800 °C; Table S2. Synthesised sample crystallite sizes, particle sizes, gap values, BET surface areas and photocatalytic activity; Table S3. Synthesised samples elemental composition (weight %)