Solar-Light-Induced Photocatalytic Properties of Novel MnV2O6/TiO2 Nanocomposite

Abstract

High quality MnV2O6/TiO2 nanocomposite was synthesized by simple and cost effective route hydrothermal method. As synthesized nanocomposites were characterized by different advanced analytical techniques such as X-ray diffraction (XRD), Scanning electron microscope (SEM), energy dispersive X-ray spectrometer (EDX), Dynamic light scattering (DLS), Fourier Transform Infrared spectrophotometer (FTIR) and UV-Visible spectrophotometer for the investigation of crystalline, morphology, elemental percentage, particle size distribution, functional group and optical properties respectively. Further the photo-catalytic properties of as synthesized MnV2O6/TiO2 nanocomposite were characterized by using Tauc plot (2.9 band gap energy). It was found that the methylene blue dye degraded to high (~90) percentage in the presence of photocatalyst MnV2O6/TiO2 nanocomposite under solar light irradiation.