TiO<sub>2</sub>–SnO<sub>2</sub> Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic Environmental Remediation under UV-Light
The photocatalytic removal of water contaminants for ecological systems has become essential in the past few decades. Consequently, for commercialization, cost-efficient, earth-abundant and easy to synthesize photocatalysts for dye degradation are of urgent need. We have demonstrated a simple and fe...
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| author | Sandip M. Deshmukh Santosh S. Patil Santosh B. Babar Sultan Alshehri Mohammed M. Ghoneim Asiya M. Tamboli Nguyen Hoang Lam Nguyen Tam Nguyen Truong Chang Duk Kim Mohaseen S. Tamboli Sanjay M. Khetre Sambhaji R. Bamane |
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| description | The photocatalytic removal of water contaminants for ecological systems has become essential in the past few decades. Consequently, for commercialization, cost-efficient, earth-abundant and easy to synthesize photocatalysts for dye degradation are of urgent need. We have demonstrated a simple and feasible approach for fabricating TiO<sub>2</sub>–SnO<sub>2</sub> nanocomposite photocatalysts via urea-assisted-thermal-decomposition with different mass ratios. The as-synthesized materials were characterized by different physicochemical techniques. The phase formation and crystallite size were calculated by using XRD. The STEM, UV-Vis, DRS, HR-TEM and EDS revealed the effective formation of the heterojunction between TiO<sub>2</sub> and SnO<sub>2</sub>, and enrichment in the UV-absorption spectrum. All synthesized materials were used for the photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange (MO) under UV light. The optimized results of the TiO<sub>2</sub>–SnO<sub>2</sub> nanocomposite showed excellent photostability and photocatalytic activity over a number of degradation-reaction cycles of methyl-orange (MO) dye under the illumination of ultraviolet light. In addition, the recent method has great potential to be applied as a proficient method for mixed-metal-oxide-nanocomposite synthesis. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6b2efb1c7bbe4b07baede1b150bee2de2023-11-23T12:08:31ZengMDPI AGMetals2075-47012022-04-0112573310.3390/met12050733TiO<sub>2</sub>–SnO<sub>2</sub> Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic Environmental Remediation under UV-LightSandip M. Deshmukh0Santosh S. Patil1Santosh B. Babar2Sultan Alshehri3Mohammed M. Ghoneim4Asiya M. Tamboli5Nguyen Hoang Lam6Nguyen Tam Nguyen Truong7Chang Duk Kim8Mohaseen S. Tamboli9Sanjay M. Khetre10Sambhaji R. Bamane11Department of Chemistry, Vishwasrao Naik Mahavidyalay, Shirala 415408, Maharashtra, IndiaDepartment of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Inha University, 100 Inha-ro, Michuhol-gu, Incheon 22212, KoreaDepartment of Chemistry, Vishwasrao Naik Mahavidyalay, Shirala 415408, Maharashtra, IndiaDepartment of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, Almaarefa University, Ad Diriyah, Riyadh 13713, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, Almaarefa University, Ad Diriyah, Riyadh 13713, Saudi ArabiaKorea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH), 200 Hyeokshin-ro, Naju 58330, Jeollanam-do, KoreaSchool of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-ro, Gyeongsan 38541, KoreaSchool of Chemical Engineering, Yeungnam University, 280 Daehak-ro, Gyeongsan 38541, KoreaDepartment of Physics, Kyungpook National University, 80 Daehak-ro, Buk-gu, Daegu 41566, KoreaKorea Institute of Energy Technology (KENTECH), 200 Hyeokshin-ro, Naju 58330, Jeollanam-do, KoreaNanomaterials Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Dahiwadi College, Dahiwadi 415508, Maharashtra, IndiaDepartment of Chemistry, Sushila Shankarrao Gadhave Mahavidyalaya, Khandala 412802, Maharashtra, IndiaThe photocatalytic removal of water contaminants for ecological systems has become essential in the past few decades. Consequently, for commercialization, cost-efficient, earth-abundant and easy to synthesize photocatalysts for dye degradation are of urgent need. We have demonstrated a simple and feasible approach for fabricating TiO<sub>2</sub>–SnO<sub>2</sub> nanocomposite photocatalysts via urea-assisted-thermal-decomposition with different mass ratios. The as-synthesized materials were characterized by different physicochemical techniques. The phase formation and crystallite size were calculated by using XRD. The STEM, UV-Vis, DRS, HR-TEM and EDS revealed the effective formation of the heterojunction between TiO<sub>2</sub> and SnO<sub>2</sub>, and enrichment in the UV-absorption spectrum. All synthesized materials were used for the photocatalytic degradation of methyl orange (MO) under UV light. The optimized results of the TiO<sub>2</sub>–SnO<sub>2</sub> nanocomposite showed excellent photostability and photocatalytic activity over a number of degradation-reaction cycles of methyl-orange (MO) dye under the illumination of ultraviolet light. In addition, the recent method has great potential to be applied as a proficient method for mixed-metal-oxide-nanocomposite synthesis.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/12/5/733TiO<sub>2</sub>–SnO<sub>2</sub>ureananocompositecombustionphotocatalysis |
| spellingShingle | Sandip M. Deshmukh Santosh S. Patil Santosh B. Babar Sultan Alshehri Mohammed M. Ghoneim Asiya M. Tamboli Nguyen Hoang Lam Nguyen Tam Nguyen Truong Chang Duk Kim Mohaseen S. Tamboli Sanjay M. Khetre Sambhaji R. Bamane TiO<sub>2</sub>–SnO<sub>2</sub> Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic Environmental Remediation under UV-Light Metals TiO<sub>2</sub>–SnO<sub>2</sub> urea nanocomposite combustion photocatalysis |
| title | TiO<sub>2</sub>–SnO<sub>2</sub> Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic Environmental Remediation under UV-Light |
| title_full | TiO<sub>2</sub>–SnO<sub>2</sub> Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic Environmental Remediation under UV-Light |
| title_fullStr | TiO<sub>2</sub>–SnO<sub>2</sub> Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic Environmental Remediation under UV-Light |
| title_full_unstemmed | TiO<sub>2</sub>–SnO<sub>2</sub> Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic Environmental Remediation under UV-Light |
| title_short | TiO<sub>2</sub>–SnO<sub>2</sub> Nanocomposites for Photocatalytic Environmental Remediation under UV-Light |
| title_sort | tio sub 2 sub sno sub 2 sub nanocomposites for photocatalytic environmental remediation under uv light |
| topic | TiO<sub>2</sub>–SnO<sub>2</sub> urea nanocomposite combustion photocatalysis |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4701/12/5/733 |
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