Quantum Confinement Regime of MO-Polymer Nanostructures and the Inclusion of RGO Forming Effective Combination for Enhanced Photocatalytic Properties

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 m mol h À1 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 %.