“…Talking about the virgin Bi 2 SiO 5 , the high-resolution Bi 4f spectrum had two peaks at 164.5 eV (Bi 4f 5/2 ) and 159.2 eV (Bi 4f 7/2 ) with an energy gap of 5.3 eV assigned to Bi 3+ , while the Si 2p spectrum exhibited a strong peak at 101.7 eV, which was characteristic of Si 4+ . And the fitting of the O 1s spectrum showed four peaks at 532.5, 531.4, 530.3, and 529.0 eV, which were attributed to the surface-adsorbed oxygen (O ads ), defect oxygen (O v ), Bi–O, and Si–O, respectively. , After the incorporation of Ag 2 S into Bi 2 SiO 5 , the O 1s, Ag 3d, Bi 4f, S 2p, and Si 2p spectra of the ABSO 0.10 composite were similar to the corresponding spectra of the pristine Ag 2 S and virgin Bi 2 SiO 5 , except for some minor variations in the binding energies. Especially, the O 1s spectrum was fitted into four peaks corresponding to O ads , −OH, Bi–O, and Si–O, respectively. , And the position of fitting peaks from the O 1s, Ag 3d, Bi 4f, S 2p, and Si 2p spectra of the ABSO 0.10 lightly shifted (<0.5 eV) compared with those of the respective Ag 2 S and Bi 2 SiO 5 , confirming the interaction between Ag 2 S and Bi 2 SiO 5 . − …”