Investigating the PVA/TiO2/CDs polymer nanocomposites: effect of carbon dots for photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine B

Functional carbon dots derived from biomass and plastic wastes

“…It is therefore not surprising that composite materials are widely used in the optical field. Eskalen et al 167 used waste corn husk as a carbon source to prepare CDs by the hydrothermal method, and compounded CDs with TiO 2 and PVA to obtain a PVA/TiO 2 /CDs composite film. The addition of CDs decreased the thermal stability, permeability, and band gap of the composite film, but increased its photocatalytic degradation ability to rhodamine B.…”