Electrochemical treatment of electroplating wastewater using synthesized GO/TiO2 nanotube electrode

Rajoria, Sonal; Vashishtha, Manish; Sangal, Vikas Kumar

doi:10.1007/s11356-023-27366-7

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“…Furthermore, by introducing a ZIF-67-derived Co 3 O 4 @C metal-free co-catalyst onto TiO 2, the same group achieved the significantly enhancement of H 2 evolution rates via photocatalytic water splitting [7]. Another successful approach to TiO 2 modification in order to overcome these limitations was the fabrication of composite heterostructures with carbonbased nanomaterials such as carbon nanotubes (CNTs) [5,8,9], graphene oxide (GO) [10,11], reduced graphene oxide (r-GO) [12][13][14][15], graphitic carbon nitride (g-C 3 N 4 ) [16,17], or more recently with carbon dots (CDs) [18,19]. CDs' structure involves a carbon core consisting mostly of sp 2 carbon domains connected by sp 3 carbon atoms and a large number of functional groups (-OH, -COOH, -NH 2 , etc.)…”

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Carbon Dot-Titanium Dioxide (CD/TiO2) Nanocomposites: Reusable Photocatalyst for Sustainable H2 Production via Photoreforming of Green Organic Compounds

Falara,

Antoniadou,

Zourou

et al. 2024

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The present work focuses on TiO2 modification with carbon dots (CDs) using a hydrothermal process, which results in the synthesis of CD/TiO2 nanocomposite photocatalysts characterized by exceptional optoelectronic properties. The structural and physicochemical properties of the obtained nanocomposites, which contained varying amounts of CDs, were precisely assessed. An HR-TEM analysis showed that the prepared nanocomposites consisted of rod-shaped TiO2 nanoparticles and CDs well-dispersed on their surface. The optical properties of the nanocomposites were studied using UV–vis diffuse reflectance spectroscopy. All CD/TiO2 samples presented decreased energy gap values compared with bare TiO2 samples; the band gap was further decreased as the CD concentration rose. Electrochemical measurements revealed that the presence of CDs improved the photocurrent response of the TiO2, presumably due to enhanced charge separation and decreased recombination. The synthesized nanomaterials were used as photocatalysts to produce hydrogen via the photoreforming of ethanol and glycerol green organic compounds, under 1-sun illumination. The photocatalytic experiments confirmed that the optimum loading of CDs corresponded to a percentage of 3% (w/w). Ethanol photoreforming led to a H2 production rate of 1.7 μmol∙min−1, while in the case of the glycerol sacrificial agent, the corresponding rate was determined to be 1.1 μmol∙min−1. The recyclability study revealed that the photocatalyst exhibited consistent stability during its reuse for hydrogen production in the presence of both ethanol and glycerol.

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