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Quantum Confinement Regime of MO‐Polymer Nanostructures and the Inclusion of RGO Forming Effective Combination for Enhanced Photocatalytic Properties
Author(s) -
Kalyani Rajendran,
Gurunathan Karuppasamy
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
chemistryselect
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 34
ISSN - 2365-6549
DOI - 10.1002/slct.201601041
Subject(s) - photocatalysis , materials science , nanocomposite , raman spectroscopy , methylene blue , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , degradation (telecommunications) , chemical engineering , graphene , rose bengal , absorbance , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , nanostructure , catalysis , visible spectrum , polymer , nanotechnology , nuclear chemistry , chemistry , composite material , organic chemistry , optoelectronics , telecommunications , physics , engineering , chromatography , computer science , optics
Abstract An effective photocatalytic material PTh‐rGO‐WO 3 was designed with GO and PTh as co‐catalyst with WO 3 by simple chemical method. The structural, optical and morphological properties of the photocatalyst were studied by XRD, FTIR, UV‐Vis, Raman and TEM. The effectiveness of the photocatalyst was studied by employing it in producing H 2 fuel by water splitting, degradation of organic dye and as UV absorbance layer. 209.62 μ mol h −1 of H 2 was produced with 0.1 % w/v of PTh‐rGO‐WO 3 nanocomposite providing an efficiency of 7.066 %. Effective degradation of Methylene Blue upto 81 % was observed and also protects Rose Bengal from UV degradation upto 67.18 %.