A study on preparation of unique TiO2/Cu2O nanocomposite with highly efficient photocatalytic reactivity under visible-light irradiation. (19th September 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Kavitha, S.; Jayamani, N.; Barathi, D.
• Is Part Of: Materials technology. Volume 36:Number 11(2021)
• Page Start: 670
• Page End: 683
• Publication Date: 2021-09-19
• Subjects: Charge separation -- methylene blue dye -- nanocomposite -- photocatalysts -- visible light -- TIO2/Cu2O; Materials -- Periodicals; Materials science -- Periodicals; Materials -- Technological innovations -- Periodicals; 620.1105
• DOI: 10.1080/10667857.2020.1786785
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1066-7857

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This work deals with the unique TiO2 /Cu2 O nanocomposite was synthesised by a hydrothermal precipitation way and high photocatalytic degradation of target organic toxin over the photocatalytic coordination. The structure, morphology, composition, optical and photocatalytic belongings of the as-prepared nanomaterials (NMs) were analytically considered in aspect. In 80 min of exposure time, closely 94.5% decolourization proficiency and the removal rate of MB dye were attained by TiO2 /Cu2 O photocatalyst, which is abundantly greater than that of bare Cu2 O (61.5%) and TiO2 (40%) photocatalysts (PCs) individually. The photodegradation kinetics of TiO2 /Cu2 O nanocomposite on MB dye was analytically discovered and the apparent rate kinetic was 5.1 folds grander related than pristine TiO2 . The TiO2 /Cu2 O photocatalyst also maintains worthy recycling steadiness up to four successive photodegradation cycles. Moreover, these novel TiO2 /Cu2 O nanocomposite owns great prospective for visible-light-driven organic impurities devastation from the wastewater.