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Synthesis and Characterization of Crystalline Graphene-Titania Nanocomposites as Efficient Photocatalysts for Pollution Control

https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2023.28407
Rajesh K M
Post Graduate and Research Department of Chemistry, Sree Narayana College, Nattika-680566, India
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-7795-030X
S. Laxmi Priya
Post Graduate and Research Department of Chemistry, Sree Narayana College, Nattika-680566, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1941-0926
S. Rijith
Post Graduate and Research Department of Chemistry, Sree Narayana College, Kollam-695101, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3181-183X
K. JITHESH
Post Graduate and Research Department of Chemistry, Sree Narayana College, Kannur-670007, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7642-9311
V. Arun
Post Graduate Department of Chemistry, Sree Narayana College, Punalur-691305, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2519-975X
S. Sugunan
Department of Applied Chemistry, Cochin University of Science and Technology, Cochin-682022, India
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5261-3472

Corresponding Author(s) : Rajesh K M

rajeshkmamangalam@gmail.com

Asian Journal of Chemistry, Vol. 35 No. 11 (2023): Vol 35 Issue 11, 2023

Abstract

Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is reported to exhibit high degradation efficiency to degrade organic water pollutants without any decomposition thereby acting as an excellent photocatalyst. The catalytic performance of pure TiO2 (T1) can even be enhanced by incorporating graphene forming graphene-TiO2 (GT1) nanocomposite. We suggest, a modified sol-gel method for synthesizing T1 and GT1 nanocomposites and they were characterized by XRD, FTIR, UV-visible spectra, TEM and XPS techniques. The removal efficiency of organic dye, methylene blue, was investigated by the photocatalytic degradation efficiency of GT1 nanocomposite under daylight irradiation. Degradation studies revealed that more than 90% methylene blue dye removal was achieved with 3 mg GT1 with an initial concentration of 10-4 M under an irradiation time of 1 h.

Keywords

Photocatalytic performance Graphene-titania nanocomposite Methylene blue dye Pollution control
K M, R., Laxmi Priya, S., Rijith, S., JITHESH, K., Arun, V., & Sugunan, S. (2023). Synthesis and Characterization of Crystalline Graphene-Titania Nanocomposites as Efficient Photocatalysts for Pollution Control. Asian Journal of Chemistry, 35(11), 2651–2658. https://doi.org/10.14233/ajchem.2023.28407
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