Enhanced photocatalytic degradation and hydrogen production activity of in situ grown TiO 2 coupled NiTiO 3 nanocomposites

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 449, Issue , 2018, Pages 790-798

  Lakhera, Sandeep Kumar ^a   Hafeez, Hafeez Yusuf ^a   Veluswamy, Pandiyarasan ^b   Ganesh, V ^a   Khan, Anish ^c   Ikeda, Hiroya ^b   Neppolian, Bernaurdshaw ^a  

^a SRM INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b SHIZUOKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic degradation; Heterojunction; Hydrogen; OMCT IMCT; TiO 2 NiTiO 3; Water splitting

Indexed keywords

CALCINATION; HETEROJUNCTIONS; HYDROGEN; LIGHT; NANOCOMPOSITES; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; PHASE STRUCTURE; PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL); RAMAN SCATTERING; RHODIUM COMPOUNDS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC DEGRADATION; CHARGE CARRIER TRANSFER; DIFFUSE REFLECTION SPECTROSCOPY; OMCT/IMCT; PHOTO CATALYTIC DEGRADATION; PHOTOCATALYTIC WATER SPLITTING; TIO2/NITIO3; WATER SPLITTING;

HYDROGEN PRODUCTION;

EID: 85043238185     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2018.02.136     Document Type: Article

References (63)

1. Liu, Miaomiao, Zhang, Yu, Yang, Min, Tian, Zhe, Ren, Liren, Zhang, Shujun, Abundance and distribution of tetracycline resistance genes and mobile elements in an oxytetracycline production wastewater treatment system. Environ. Sci. Technol. 46:14 (2012), 7551–7557.
2. 2 based photocatalysis: comparative overview. RSC Adv. 4:70 (2014), 37003–37026.
3. 2 and ZnO photocatalysts. J. Environ. Sci. Health Part A 38:9 (1999), 1829–1838.
4. 2 /CdS hierarchical photocatalyst for enhanced photocatalytic H2-production activity. Appl. Surf. Sci. 422 (2017), 518–527.
5. Low, J., Cheng, B., Yu, J., Surface modification and enhanced photocatalytic CO2 reduction performance of TiO2: a review. Appl. Surf. Sci. 392 (2017), 658–686.
6. Xia, Y., Li, Q., Lv, K., Li, M., Heterojunction construction between TiO2 hollow sphere and ZnIn2S4 flower for photocatalysis application. Appl. Surf. Sci. 398 (2017), 81–88.
7. Li, Y., Cai, C., Gu, Y., Chenga, W., Xiong, W., Zhao, C., Novel electronic properties of a new MoS2/TiO2 heterostructure and potential applications in solar cells and photocatalysis. Appl. Surf. Sci. 414 (2017), 34–40.
8. Kumar, S.G., Rao, K.S.R.K., Comparison of modification strategies towards enhanced charge carrier separation and photocatalytic degradation activity of metal oxide semiconductors (TiO2, WO3 and ZnO). Appl. Surf. Sci. 391 (2017), 124–148.
9. Becker, John, Raghupathi, Krishna Reddy, St. Pierre, Jordan, Zhao, Dan, Koodali, Ranjit T., Tuning of the crystallite and particle sizes of ZnO nanocrystalline materials in solvothermal synthesis and their photocatalytic activity for dye degradation. J. Mater. Chem. C 115:28 (2011), 13844–13850.
10. 2 composites for highly efficient photocatalytic degradation of methylene blue under sunlight. Nanotechnology 23:35 (2012), 355–705.
11. 3 materials synthesized via modified Pechini methods. Appl. Surf. Sci. 411 (2017), 18–26.
12. 3 nanopowder prepared by sol-electrospinning. Sol. Energy Mater. Sol. Cells 163 (2017), 148–156.
13. 3 nanocubes decorated with Ag/AgCl nanoparticles as photocatalysts with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic activity towards the degradation of dyes, phenol and bisphenol A. Environ. Sci. Nano 4:3 (2017), 585–595.
14. 3 plasmonic photocatalysts and their enhanced visible-light photocatalytic properties. RSC Adv. 6:53 (2016), 47873–47882.
15. Posnjak, Barth, T., Notes on some structures of the ilmenite type. Cryst. Mater. 88:1–6 (1934), 271–280.
16. 3 nanorods with enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic performance. J. Mater. Chem. 22:32 (2012), 16471–16476.
17. Pishch, I.V., Radion, E.V., Production of pigments with a perovskite-like structure based on nickel titanate by the precipitation method. Glass Ceram. 60:5–6 (2003), 154–157.
18. Navrotsky, Alexandra, Energetics and crystal chemical systematics among ilmenite, lithium niobate, and perovskite structures. Chem. Mater. 10:10 (1998), 2787–2793.
19. Dharmaraj, N., Park, H.C., Kim, C.K., Kim, H.Y., Lee, D.R., Nickel titanate nanofibers by electrospinning. Mater. Chem. Phys. 87:1 (2004), 5–9.
20. 3 /NiO material. New J. Chem. 39:10 (2015), 8035–8043.
21. 2 sol–gel thin films containing Au nanoparticles. Mater. Sci. Eng.: B 176:9 (2011), 716–722.
22. Shu, Xin, He, Jing, Chen, Dong, Visible-light-induced photocatalyst based on nickel titanate nanoparticles. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 47:14 (2008), 4750–4753.
23. 3 on photoreduction of methylene blue under UV and visible light irradiation. J. Alloys Compd. 479:2 (2009), 785–790.
24. 3 powders for degradation of humic acid in water. Int. J. Miner. Metall. Mater. 19:4 (2012), 372–376.
25. 3 nanocomposites from layered precursor as photocatalysts. Adv. Mater. Res. 396 (2012), 411–416.
26. 3 nanorods with enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalytic activity. RSC Adv. 3:40 (2013), 18305–18310.
27. 4 composite with enhanced photocatalytic performance under visible light. Catal. Commun. 54 (2014), 35–38.
28. 4 heterostructured photocatalysts for water splitting to enhanced hydrogen production. Ceram. Int. 42:10 (2016), 12297–12305.
29. 3 /reduced graphene oxide materials synthesized by a two-step microwave-assisted method. Mater. Lett. 2106:184 (2018), 38–42.
30. 3 heterojunction nanofibers material with enhanced visible-light photocatalytic performance. J. Alloys Compd. 630 (2015), 110–116.
31. 3 /CoS with superior photocatalytic performance for hydrogen evolution. Catal. Sci. Technol. 7 (2017), 2524–2530.
32. 2 nanotubes for efficient photocatalytic hydrogen generation. Renew. Energy 111 (2017), 410–415.
33. 3 nanorods for photocatalytic degradation of ceftiofur sodium. Ultrasonicssonochemistry 35 (2017), 342–350.
34. 3 thin films prepared by a co-sputtering process. RSC Adv. 5:14 (2015), 10551–10559.
35. 3 powders obtained by polymeric precursormethod: synthesis and characterization. J. Alloys Compd. 468:1 (2009), 327–332.
36. Busca, Guido, Ramis, Gianguido, Gallardo Amores, José M., Sanchez Escribano, Vicente, Piaggio, Paolo, FT Raman and FTIR studies of titanias and metatitanate powders. J. Chem. Soc. Faraday Trans. 90:20 (1994), 3181–3190.
37. 2 . J. Raman Spectrosc. 7:6 (1978), 321–324.
38. 2 . Phys. Rev. B, 77(19), 2008, 195414.
39. 2 materials for photocurrent and photocatalytic applications. Sci. World J., 2012(127326), 2012, 16.
40. 3 (M = Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni) studied by O 1s-edge X-ray emission spectroscopy. J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 184:8 (2011), 463–467.
41. 2 prepared by a low temperature modified sol-gel route. Electrochim. Acta 132 (2014), 512–523.
42. 3 (M = Mn, Fe, Co, and Ni) by Ti 2p edge resonant inelastic X-ray scattering. J. Electron Spectrosc. Relat. Phenom. 205 (2015), 106–110.
43. 2 films. Sci. Rep., 4, 2014, 4043.
44. 2 - x N x heterojunction photocatalysts. Chem. Mater. 22:13 (2010), 3843–3853.
45. Li, Qiuye, Xing, Yangyang, Zong, Lanlan, Li, Rui, Yang, Jianjun, Nickel titanates hollow shells: nanosphere, nanorod, and their photocatalytic properties. J. Nanosci. Nanotechnol. 13:1 (2013), 504–508.
46. 3 (M = Ca, Ni, and Zn) nanocrystals. J. Mater. Res. 29:11 (2014), 1295–1301.
47. 3 ilmenite nanorods for the catalytic degradation of tergitol in water. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 54:11 (2015), 2983–2990.
48. Dong, Wenjun, Zhu, Yanjun, Huang, Huandi, Jiang, Liangshu, Zhu, Huijuan, Li, Chaorong, Chen, Benyong, Shi, Zhan, Wang, Ge, A performance study of enhanced visible-light-driven photocatalysis and magnetical protein separation of multifunctional yolk–shell nanostructures. J. Mater. Chem. A 1:34 (2013), 10030–10036.
49. Rahimi-Nasrabadi, Mehdi, Ahmadi, Farhad, Eghbali-Arani, Mohammad, Novel route to synthesize nanocrystalline nickel titanate in the presence of amino acids as a capping agent. J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron. 27:11 (2016), 11873–11878.
50. 4 composites with improved photocatalytic activity under visible-light irradiation. Ceram. Int. 43:15 (2017), 3314–3318.
51. 3 nanocomposite through the two-step sol–gel method. J. Mater. Sci.: Mater. Electron. 28:15 (2017), 11393–11400.
52. Mulliken, R.S., New electroaffinity scale; together with data on valence states and on valence ionization potentials and electron affinities. J. Chem. Phys., 2, 1934, 782.
53. Mulliken, R.S., Electronic structures of molecules XI electron affinity, molecular orbitals and dipole moments. J. Chem. Phys., 3, 1935, 573.
54. Xu, Y., Schoonen, M.A., The absolute energy positions of conduction and valence bands of selected semiconducting minerals. Am. Mineral. 85:3–4 (2000), 543–556.
55. Fuku, N., Matinise, M., Masikini, K., An electrochemically active green synthesized polycrystalline NiO/MgO catalyst: use in photo-catalytic applications. Mater. Res. Bull. 97 (2018), 457–465.
56. Magdalane, K., Vijaya, B., Siddhardha, B., Jeyaraj, J., Maaza, M., Evaluation on the heterostructured CeO2/Y2O3 binary metal oxide nanocomposites for UV/Vis light induced photocatalytic degradation of Rhodamine-B dye for textile engineering application. J. Alloys Compd. 727 (2017), 1324–1337.
57. Rajan, P.I., Vijaya, J.J., Jesudoss, S.K., Kaviyarasu, K., Kennedy, L.J., Jothiramalingam, R., Al-Lohedan, H.A., Mohammed, M.V., Green-fuel-mediated synthesis of self-assembled NiO nano-sticks for dual applications—photocatalytic activity on Rose Bengal dye and antimicrobial action on bacterial strains. Mater. Res. Express 4:8 (2017), 030–085.
58. Kaviyarasu, K., Magdalane, C.M., Kanimozhi, K., Kennedy, J., Siddhardha, B., Reddy, E.S., Rotte, K.N., Sharma, C.S., Thema, F.T., Letsholathebe, D., TessemaMola, G., Maaza, M., Elucidation of photocatalysis, photoluminescence and antibacterial studies of ZnO thin films by spin coating method. J. Photochem. Photobiol. B: Biol. 173 (2017), 466–475.
59. Kaviyarasu, K., Kanimozhi, K., Matinise, N., Magdalane, C.M., Mola, G.T., Kennedy, J., Maaza, M., Antiproliferative effects on human lung cell lines A549 activity of cadmium selenide nanoparticles extracted from cytotoxic effects: investigation of bio-electronic application. Mater. Sci. Eng.: C 76 (2017), 1012–1025.
60. Magdalane, C.M., Kaviyarasu, K., Vijaya, J.J., Siddhardha, B., Jeyaraj, B., Facile synthesis of heterostructured cerium oxide/yttrium oxide nanocomposite in UV light induced photocatalytic degradation and catalytic reduction: synergistic effect of antimicrobial studies. J. Photochem. Photobiol. B: Biol. 173 (2017), 23–34.
61. Kaviyarasu, K., Mariappan, A., Neyvasagam, K., Ayeshamariam, A., Pandi, P., Palanichamy, R.R., Gopinathan, C., Mola, G.T., Maaza, M., Photocatalytic performance and antimicrobial activities of HAp-TiO2 nanocomposite thin films by sol-gel method. Surf. Interfaces 6 (2017), 247–255.
62. Magdalane, C.M., Kaviyarasu, K., Vijaya, J.J., Jayakumar, C., Maaza, M., Jeyaraj, B., Photocatalytic degradation effect of malachite green and catalytic hydrogenation by UV–illuminated CeO2/CdO multilayered nanoplatelet arrays: investigation of antifungal and antimicrobial activities. J. Photochem. Photobiol. B: Biol. 169 (2017), 110–123.
63. Leena, V.B., Mewada, R.K., Visible/solar light active photocatalysts for organic effluent treatment: fundamentals, mechanisms and parametric review. Renew. Sustain. Energy Rev. 76 (2017), 1393–1421.